limitations
Saylim-i-TAY-shuhnz/lɪmɪˈteɪʃənz/
- 1Plural of limitation.
The report honestly acknowledges the limitations of its methodology.
Budget limitations forced the team to cut several features.
Note
The plural covers only the countable uses of limitation. The act or state of limiting stays a singular, uncountable idea. Restrictions, shortcomings and legal time limits can be counted, so they take the plural. Most often the plural means shortcomings: saying someone or something "has its limitations" admits a weakness without naming it.
limitations is a form of limitation
limitation, noun: A rule, condition, or shortcoming that restricts what is possible or how far something can go. Full entry
- Forms
- limitationlimitations plural
- Spelling
- limitation → limitations: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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