1. Small in range or scope
   "a limited circle of friends"; "limited war"; "a limited success"
    
2. Not unlimited
   "a limited list of choices"
    
3. Subject to limits or subjected to limits
   "The project had limited resources";
   - circumscribed
    
4. Including only a part
   "The museum offered limited access to its new exhibit"
    
5. Having a specific function or scope
   "a limited role in the mission";
   - special
    
6. Not excessive
   "They agreed to a limited military intervention"

1. Public transport consisting of a fast train or bus that makes only a few scheduled stops
   "he caught the limited to New York";
   - express
    
2. [Brit] A company that is organized to give its owners limited liability
   "They registered their business as a limited company";
   - limited company [Brit], Ltd. [Brit], Ld. [Brit]

1. Place limits on (extent, amount or access)
   "limit the time you can spend with your friends";
   - restrict, trammel, bound, confine, throttle
    
2. Restrict or confine within limits
   "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day";
   - circumscribe, confine to
    
3. Establish or state a specific value or set of values
   "limit the parameters";
   - specify, set, determine, define, fix

Derived forms: limiteds

See also: finite, incomprehensive, minor, moderate, modest, narrow, noncomprehensive, pocket-size, pocket-sized, restricted, small, small-scale, specific

Type of: act, choose, company, decrease, lessen, mass transit [N. Amer], minify, move, pick out, public transport, public transportation [N. Amer], select, take

Antonym: limitless

Encyclopedia: Limited