limitation
limi|ta|tion /l'ɪmɪt'eɪʃən/ (limitations)
1 [N-UNCOUNT] usu with supp, oft N of n
The limitation of something is the act or process of controlling or reducing it.
All the talk had been about the limitation of nuclear weapons.
...damage limitation.
2 [N-VAR] usu N on n
A limitation on something is a rule or decision which prevents that thing from growing or extending beyond certain limits.
...a limitation on the tax deductions for people who make more than $100,000 a year...
There is to be no limitation on the number of opposition parties.
3 [N-PLURAL] usu with poss
If you talk about the limitations of someone or something, you mean that they can only do some things and not others, or cannot do something very well.
Parents are too likely to blame schools for the educational limitations of their children.
4 [N-VAR] usu with supp
A limitation is a fact or situation that allows only some actions and makes others impossible.
This drug has one important limitation. Its effects only last six hours.dam|age limi|ta|tion
[N-UNCOUNT]
Damage limitation is action that is taken to make the bad results of something as small as possible, when it is impossible to avoid bad results completely. (BRIT; in AM, use damage control)
The meeting was merely an exercise in damage limitation...
1 [N-UNCOUNT] usu with supp, oft N of n
The limitation of something is the act or process of controlling or reducing it.
All the talk had been about the limitation of nuclear weapons.
...damage limitation.
2 [N-VAR] usu N on n
A limitation on something is a rule or decision which prevents that thing from growing or extending beyond certain limits.
...a limitation on the tax deductions for people who make more than $100,000 a year...
There is to be no limitation on the number of opposition parties.
3 [N-PLURAL] usu with poss
If you talk about the limitations of someone or something, you mean that they can only do some things and not others, or cannot do something very well.
Parents are too likely to blame schools for the educational limitations of their children.
4 [N-VAR] usu with supp
A limitation is a fact or situation that allows only some actions and makes others impossible.
This drug has one important limitation. Its effects only last six hours.dam|age limi|ta|tion
[N-UNCOUNT]
Damage limitation is action that is taken to make the bad results of something as small as possible, when it is impossible to avoid bad results completely. (BRIT; in AM, use damage control)
The meeting was merely an exercise in damage limitation...