Dictionary Definition
limit
Noun
1 the greatest possible degree of something;
"what he did was beyond the bounds of acceptable behavior"; "to the
limit of his ability" [syn: bounds, boundary]
2 final or latest limiting point [syn: terminus
ad quem, terminal
point]
3 the boundary of a specific area [syn: demarcation, demarcation
line]
4 as far as something can go
5 the mathematical value toward which a function
goes as the independent variable approaches infinity [syn: limit point,
point
of accumulation]
6 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" [syn: limitation]
Verb
1 place limits on (extent or access); "restrict
the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with
your friends" [syn: restrict, restrain, trammel, bound, confine, throttle]
2 restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits
to the pub a day" [syn: circumscribe, confine]
3 decide upon or fix definitely; "fix the
variables"; "specify the parameters" [syn: specify, set, determine, fix]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- /ˈlɪmɪt/, /"lImIt/
- Rhymes: -ɪmɪt
Verb
- To restrict; not to allow to go beyond a certain bound.
- We need to limit the power of the executive.
- I'm limiting myself to two drinks tonight.
- We need to limit the power of the executive.
- mathematics intransitive To have a
limit in a particular set.
- The sequence limits on the point a.
Translations
restrict
Noun
limit (plural: limits)- A restriction; a bound beyond which one may not go.
- There are several existing limits to executive power.
- Two drinks is my limit tonight.
- There are several existing limits to executive power.
- A value to which a sequence converges.
- The sequence of reciprocals has zero as its limit.
- Any of several abstractions of this concept of limit.
- Category theory defines a very general concept of limit.
- Short for fixed limit.
Synonyms
- (restriction): bound, boundary, limitation, restriction
Translations
boundary
- Albanian: kufi and , cak
- Croatian: granica
- Czech: mez, limit
- Finnish: rajoitus, raja
- French: limite
- German: Grenze
- Hungarian: határ
- Ido: limito
- Italian: limite
- Kurdish:
- Sorani: سنور
- Romanian: hotar and
- Slovene: omejitev
- Spanish: límite
- Swedish: gräns (physical), begränsning (what one can handle)
- Telugu: హద్దు (haddu)
mathematics: value to which a sequence converges
- Finnish: raja-arvo
- French: limite
- German: Grenzwert, Grenze
- Italian: limite
- Slovene: limita
- Swedish: gränsvärde
mathematics: abstraction of this concept of
limit
- German: Limes, Grenzwert
- Swedish: gränsvärde
Adjective
- Being a fixed limit game.
Derived terms
- age limit
- central limit theorem
- city limits
- elastic limit
- in the limit
- limit down
- limit up
- limitation
- limitless
- lower limit
- outer limit
- to the limit
- time limit
- unlimited
- upper limit
See also
Croatian
Etymology
From Limit.Noun
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Pronunciation
Noun
limitExtensive Definition
A limit can be:
- Limit (mathematics), including:
- A constraint (mathematical, physical, economical, legal, etc.) in the form of an inequality, such as:
- An extreme
value or boundary, such as:
- High frequency limit
- A limit order is a type of order to buy a security at no more (or sell at no less) than a specific price on an exchange.
- Other uses, such as:
- Limit (music) in just intonation
- In BDSM, limits are activities that a partner feels strongly about, and to which special attention must be paid.
- Limit Break are powerful techniques in the Final Fantasy series
See also
limit in German: Limit
limit in Spanish: Límite
limit in French: Limite
limit in Norwegian: Grense
limit in Russian: Предел
limit in Chinese: 极限
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
Thule,
Ultima Thule, abate,
accommodation,
acme, adjust to, all, alter, apex, apogee, appoint, area, assign, assuage, bar, be into, be strong in, bitter
end, border, border line,
bottom dollar, bound,
boundary, boundary
condition, boundary line, bounds, bourn, box, box in, box up, break boundary,
breakoff point, bridle,
brim, brink, brow, burden, butt, butt end, cap, capacity, caution, ceiling, channel, check, circumscribe, circumscription,
climax, cloud nine,
compass, condition, confine, confinement, confines, constrict, contain, content, continence, contract, copyright, cordage, cramp, crest, crown, culmen, culmination, curb, cutoff, cutoff point, deadline, define, delimit, delimitate, delimitation, determinant, determine, diminish, discipline, district, divide, division line, draw in,
draw the line, edge,
enclose, end, enough, environs, extent, extreme, extreme limit, extremity, fag end, farthest
bound, feature, finish, fix, floor, focus, follow, frontier, go in, go in for,
guide, heaven, heavens, hedge, hedge about, height, hem, hem in, high noon, high-water
mark, highest degree, highest pitch, highest point, hinder, hold in check, inhibit, interface, it, joke, jumping-off place, keep from
spreading, keep within bounds, leaven, lessen, limen, limitation, limiting factor,
limits, line, line of demarcation, localize, low-water mark, lower
limit, major in, march,
margin, mark, mark out, maximum, measure, meridian, mete, minor in, mitigate, moderate, moderation, modify, modulate, mountaintop, narrow, ne plus ultra, nib, no place higher, noon, nth degree, outrage, palliate, patent, peak, perimeter, periphery, pinch, pinnacle, pitch, point, pole, poundage, precincts, prescribe, prescription, proscription, purlieus, pursue, qualification, qualify, quantity, quarter, reduce, region, register, regulate by, restrain, restraint, restrict, restriction, ridge, rim, room, scant, season, separate, set, set conditions, set limits,
seventh heaven, sky,
snape, soften, space, specialize, specialize in,
spire, stand, start, starting line, starting
point, stint, stowage, straiten, stub, stump, summit, surprise, surround, tag, tag end, tail, tail end, taper, target date, temper, term, terminal date, termination, terminus, territory, the last straw, the
limit, the whole, threshold, tighten, time allotment,
tip, tip-top, tonnage, too much, top, upmost, upper extremity, upper
limit, uppermost,
utmost, utmost extent,
uttermost, verge, vertex, very top, volume, zenith, zone