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terminating

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German
English
English

be·gren·zen* VB trans

1. begrenzen a. CONSTR:

etw begrenzen
to mark [or form] the border [or boundary] of sth
ein Bach begrenzt den Garten von zwei Seiten
a stream borders the garden [or marks the boundary of the garden] on two sides

2. begrenzen (beschränken):

etw [auf etw acc] begrenzen
to limit [or restrict] sth [to sth]
die Geschwindigkeit auf ... km/h begrenzen
to impose a speed limit [or restriction] of ... km/h
die Geschwindigkeit auf ... km/h begrenzen
to restrict the speed limit to ... km/h

3. begrenzen (in Grenzen halten):

etw begrenzen
to limit sth
die Redezeit auf 5 Minuten begrenzen [o. festsetzen]
to restrict speakers to 5 minutes
English
English
German
German
terminating
begrenzend attr
limiting
begrenzend attr
to put a countercheck on sth fig
etw begrenzen
to border sth
etw begrenzen
to restrict sth number
etw begrenzen
the government has promised to introduce legislation to limit fuel emissions from cars
die Regierung hat versprochen, die Abgasemission von Kraftfahrzeugen durch neue gesetzliche Bestimmungen zu begrenzen
to curb the arms race
das Wettrüsten begrenzen
to put [or set] a limit on sth
etw begrenzen [o. beschränken]
to limit sth to sth
etw auf etw acc begrenzen

PONS Banking, Finance and Insurance Dictionary

Kosten begrenzen phrase CTRL

Kosten begrenzen
keep costs in check

Klett Geography Glossary

restrict access
Zugang begrenzen

Klett Biology Glossary

curtail
begrenzen
Präsens
ichbegrenze
dubegrenzt
er/sie/esbegrenzt
wirbegrenzen
ihrbegrenzt
siebegrenzen
Präteritum
ichbegrenzte
dubegrenztest
er/sie/esbegrenzte
wirbegrenzten
ihrbegrenztet
siebegrenzten
Perfekt
ichhabebegrenzt
duhastbegrenzt
er/sie/eshatbegrenzt
wirhabenbegrenzt
ihrhabtbegrenzt
siehabenbegrenzt
Plusquamperfekt
ichhattebegrenzt
duhattestbegrenzt
er/sie/eshattebegrenzt
wirhattenbegrenzt
ihrhattetbegrenzt
siehattenbegrenzt
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