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?

1. 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. Matt Zeller:

   In fact, in the 110th Congress, I successfully added an amendment to legislation, which was later signed into law, that extended immigration relief to Iraqi nationals who publicly served the U.S. as government contract translators. Having said that, there must be reasonable limits on these programs.

2. Deputy Prime Minister Yannis Dragasakis:

   We haven't received any( bailout) tranches since August 2014 but we have been meeting all of our obligations, this has its limits.

3. Ken Paxton:

   As federal courts have already ruled three times, there are limits to the President's authority, and those limits enacted by Congress were exceeded when the President unilaterally sought to grant 'lawful presence' to more than 4 million unauthorized aliens who are in this country unlawfully, the Court should affirm what President Obama said himself on more than 20 occasions: that he cannot unilaterally rewrite congressional laws and circumvent the people's representatives.

4. Ehsan Sehgal:

   The women's rights fail and collapse if women wrongly fight for that; otherwise, as a fact, each woman carries a key to every right by birth, as morally, culturally, and religiously prospects. The issue and questions lie not on law and right; it depends on the mentality and conduct of men since neither law nor right can change that, except men themselves. However, follow the line of limits and learn to live as society's values; it is wisdom and success.

5. Gerhard Kocher:

   Medicine knows no limits, especially not its own.

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