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