Definitions for limits
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1. Limits

   In BDSM, limits refer to issues that participants in a play scene or dynamic feel strongly about, usually referring to prohibited activities. Participants typically negotiate an outline of what activities will and will not take place. The participants outline what they desire and/or will not tolerate, including the determination of limits. For example, it is common to set a safe word and to establish certain types of play as prohibited. The BDSM usage of the terminology "limits" derives from the concept of 'off limits', the idea of limiting a scene to a specific set of activities, and the limitations of the participants.

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1. limits

   In a military sense, is that which bounds or confines; as, the limits of a sentinel’s post; the limits of a garrison. An officer in arrest may have his limits extended.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'limits' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3280

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'limits' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4624

How to pronounce limits?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of limits in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of limits in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of limits in a Sentence

1. Arthur C. Clarke:

   But the only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible.

2. Sarah Binder:

   Trumps deep unpopularity limits lawmaking in another way, first, the Democratic base shows little interest in their representatives making deals with Trump that would give President Trump credit and enhance President Trump position for 2020. NAFTA 2.0 is a prime example. Really not clear whether Democrats will get the concessions their base groups demand or the extent to which the Speaker might be dragging her heels. Either way, that trade agreement is moving very slowly. And because the president is so unpopular nationally and with independents, theres limited pressure on Democrats to resolve problems.

3. Niccolo Machiavelli:

   A wise man ought always to follow the paths beaten by great men, and to imitate those who have been supreme, so that if his ability does not equal theirs, at least it will savor of it. Let him act like the clever archers who, designing to hit the mark which yet appears too far distant, and knowing the limits to which the strength of their bow attains, take aim much higher than the mark, not to reach by their strength or arrow to so great a height, but to be able with the aid of so high an aim to hit the mark they wish to reach.

4. Rudolf Virchow:

   The task of science is to stake out the limits of the knowable, and to center consciousness within them.

5. Vladimir Putin:

   If the price of energy is lowered on purpose, this also hits those who introduce those limits.

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