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 Definitions of limit  [ˈlɪm ɪt]  

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Definition of 'limit' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) limit
the final, utmost, or furthest boundary or point as to extent, amount, continuance, etc.

2.  limit
a boundary or bound, as of a country or district.

3.  limit
limits, the premises or region enclosed within boundaries.

4.  limit
Math. a number such that the value of a given function remains arbitrarily close to this number when the independent variable is sufficiently close to a specified point or is sufficiently large.

5.  limit
the maximum sum by which a bet may be raised at any one time.

6.  limit
Informal. something or someone that exasperates, delights, etc., to an extreme degree.

7. (v.t.) limit
to restrict by or as if by establishing limits.

8.  limit
to confine or keep within limits:
to limit expenditures.

Etymology:  (1325–75; ME lymyt < L līmit-, s. of līmes boundary, strip of uncultivated land between fields)

Definition of 'limit' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) limit, bound, boundary
the greatest possible degree of something
"what he did was beyond the bounds of acceptable behavior"; "to the limit of his ability"

2. (noun) terminus ad quem, terminal point, limit
final or latest limiting point

3. (noun) limit
as far as something can go

4. (noun) limit, demarcation, demarcation line
the boundary of a specific area

5. (noun) limit, limit point, point of accumulation
the mathematical value toward which a function goes as the independent variable approaches infinity

6. (verb) limit, limitation
the greatest amount of something that is possible or allowed
"there are limits on the amount you can bet"; "it is growing rapidly with no limitation in sight"

7. (verb) restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle
place limits on (extent or access)
"restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends"

8. (verb) limit, circumscribe, confine
restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day"

9. (verb) specify, set, determine, define, fix, limit
decide upon or fix definitely
"fix the variables"; "specify the parameters"


Definition of 'limit' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) limit
a restriction on how much is possible or allowed
a time limit on/to how long you can keep a rented movie; What's the speed limit?

2.  limit
off limits
(of a place) beyond where you are allowed to go
The living room is off limits for the dogs.

3. (verb) limit
to restrict what or how much is possible or allowed
We limit the number of copies people can buy.; I try to limit myself to two cups of coffee a day.; A lack of resources will limit the final results.


Definition of 'limit' Webster Dictionary 

1. (verb) limit
that which terminates, circumscribes, restrains, or confines; the bound, border, or edge; the utmost extent; as, the limit of a walk, of a town, of a country; the limits of human knowledge or endeavor

2. (verb) limit
the space or thing defined by limits

3. (verb) limit
that which terminates a period of time; hence, the period itself; the full time or extent

4. (verb) limit
a restriction; a check; a curb; a hindrance

5. (verb) limit
a determining feature; a distinguishing characteristic; a differentia

6. (verb) limit
a determinate quantity, to which a variable one continually approaches, and may differ from it by less than any given difference, but to which, under the law of variation, the variable can never become exactly equivalent

7. (verb) limit
to apply a limit to, or set a limit for; to terminate, circumscribe, or restrict, by a limit or limits; as, to limit the acreage of a crop; to limit the issue of paper money; to limit one's ambitions or aspirations; to limit the meaning of a word

8. (verb) limit
to beg, or to exercise functions, within a certain limited region; as, a limiting friar


Translation of 'limit' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: the farthest point or place; the boundary
There was no limit to his ambition.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: perk Arabic flag Arabic: حَد Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: граница
Brazilian flag Brazilian: limite Czech flag Czech: hranice German flag German: die Grenze
Danish flag Danish: grænse Greek flag Greek: όριο Spanish flag Spanish: límite
Estonian flag Estonian: piir Farsi flag Farsi: کران Finnish flag Finnish: raja
French flag French: limite Hebrew flag Hebrew: גְבוּל Hindi flag Hindi: सीमा
Croatian flag Croatian: granica Hungarian flag Hungarian: határ Indonesian flag Indonesian: batas
Icelandic flag Icelandic: takmörk Italian flag Italian: limite Japanese flag Japanese: 限度
Korean flag Korean: 극한점 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: riba Latvian flag Latvian: robeža
Malay flag Malay: batas Dutch flag Dutch: limiet Norwegian flag Norwegian: grense
Polish flag Polish: kres Persian flag Persian: کرانه،حد و حدود Pashto flag Pashto: حد،ټكلى اندازه
Portuguese flag Portuguese: limite Romanian flag Romanian: limită Russian flag Russian: предел; граница
Slovak flag Slovak: hranica Slovenian flag Slovenian: meja Serbian flag Serbian: granica
Swedish flag Swedish: gräns Thai flag Thai: ขีดจำกัด Turkish flag Turkish: sınır, hudut
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 界限 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: межа, рубіж Urdu flag Urdu: حد
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: ranh giới Chinese flag Chinese: 界限

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