limitar — meaning in English
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English meaning
- bound adj Obliged to do something, often by law, duty, or promise.
- check noun An inspection to make sure something is correct, safe, or working.
- curtail verb To cut something short or reduce it, especially something that would otherwise have continued at its full extent.
- limit noun The furthest point or greatest amount allowed or possible; a boundary.
- restrict verb To keep something within limits; to hold it back from going further.
Senses
limitar is used for these senses in English:
- bound (transitive) To surround a territory or other geographical entity; to form the boundary of.
- check (transitive) To control, limit, or halt.
- curtail (transitive, figuratively) To limit or restrict; to keep in check.
- limit (transitive) To restrict; to circumscribe; not to allow to go beyond a certain bound, to set boundaries.
- restrict To restrain within boundaries; to limit; to confine
bound — full definition
- adj Obliged to do something, often by law, duty, or promise.
- adj Heading toward a particular place.
- adj Certain or very likely to happen.
- noun A limit or boundary, often used in the plural.
- verb To leap or spring, moving forward in jumps.
check — full definition
- noun An inspection to make sure something is correct, safe, or working.
- noun A written order instructing a bank to pay a stated sum (spelled "cheque" in British English).
- noun The bill for a meal, especially in a restaurant.
- noun In chess, a position where the king is under direct threat of capture.
- verb To examine or verify something.
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