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# limitation

noun (a limitation, limitations; limitation, uncountable)

«limitation» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A limitation is something that limits what a person or thing can do: «The robot has some limitations». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/limitation/#m1)
2. Limitation is the act of keeping something under control or within limits: «the limitation of noise». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/limitation/#m2)
3. (science) The limitations of an experiment are its weaknesses, things that could make the results less accurate. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/limitation/#m3)

### In the lessons

In science reports pupils write the limitations of their experiment; in everyday life people know their limitations. Phrases: «know your limitations», «limitations of the study», «time limitations».

### Examples

- Every experiment has limitations. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/limitation/#x1)
- One limitation was that we only tested three plants. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/limitation/#x2)
- I know my limitations: I can't sing high notes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/limitation/#x3)
- The old computer has many limitations. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/limitation/#x4)
- Despite his limitations, he never gave up. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/limitation/#x5)
- Time limitations meant we finished early. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/limitation/#x6)
- A wheelchair user may face limitations from badly designed buildings. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/limitation/#x7)
- Write the limitations of your test at the end. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/limitation/#x8)
- The gods knew no limitation of time or space, being able to transport themselves to incredible distances with the speed of thought. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/limitation/#x9)

### Note

Countable when meaning a weakness: «a limitation», «limitations». From the verb «limit». In science, naming limitations is good, honest work, not a failure.

## In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: The idea is that the endless God made room for a limited world by a kind of shaping, like a point in the centre of a circle. In the primary lessons: In science reports pupils write the limitations of their experiment; in everyday life people know their limitations. Phrases: «know your limitations», «limitations of the study», «time limitations».

### Examples

- Grad- ually Nothing took upon itself the form and limitation of Unity, represented by a point at the centre ot a circle" (H. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/limitation/#x1)

### Note

Countable when meaning a weakness: «a limitation», «limitations». From the verb «limit». In science, naming limitations is good, honest work, not a failure.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «limitation» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/limitation/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«limitation» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/limitation.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «limitation» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/limitation/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«limitation» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/limitation.html) on Mova free.