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limiting adjective
noun
, Grammar.
- (in English and some other languages) one of a small group of adjectives that modify the nouns to which they are applied by restricting rather than describing or qualifying. This, some, and certain are limiting adjectives.
- an adjective, as few or other, that in English follows determiners and precedes descriptive adjectives:
a few red apples.
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A limiting adjective is an adjective which merely shows which one or how many, without describing the noun it modifies.
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