Pronunciations (3)
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/ˈlɪm.ɪt/
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/ˈlɪm.ɪʈ/
Pronunciation notes
- South-Asia
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/lɪmʈ/
Pronunciation notes
- South-Asia
- colloquial
Noun
A restriction; a bound beyond which one may not go or proceed.
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There are several existing limits to executive power.
Two drinks is my limit tonight.
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It is the conductor which communicates to the inhabitants of regions beyond its limit […]
Ever he would wander, selfcompelled, to the extreme limit of his cometary orbit, beyond the fixed stars and variable suns and telescopic planets, astronomical waifs and strays, to the extreme boundary of space […]
No limit / Not none that I can see / No limit / Not one, not one / Not one for you or me / No limit / Well, it can go until eternity, yeah / No limits to our love, girl
At the time, there seemed to be no limit to the size of ever-larger private equity deals, with banks falling over each other to arrange financing on generous terms and to invest money from their own private equity arms.
A value to which a sequence converges. Equivalently, the common value of the upper limit and the lower limit of a sequence: if the upper and lower limits are different, then the sequence has no limit (i.e., does not converge).
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The sequence of reciprocals has zero as its limit.
Any of several abstractions of this concept of limit.
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Category theory defines a very general concept of limit.
The cone of a diagram through which any other cone of that same diagram can factor uniquely.
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Fixed limit.
The final, utmost, or furthest point; the border or edge.
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the limit of a walk, of a town, or of a country
As eager of the chase, the maid / Beyond the forest's verdant limits strayed.
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"Like many other large resorts, the town operated electric tramways, with open-topped cars. The journey down the steep incline to the harbour must have been exhilarating at times, testing the brakes on the vehicles to the limit."
The space or thing defined by limits.
Usage- Obsolete
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The archdeacon hath divided it / Into three limits very equally.
That terminates a period of time; hence, the period itself; the full time or extent.
Usage- Obsolete
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the dateless limit of thy dear exile
The limit of your lives is out.
A restriction; a check or curb; a hindrance.
Usage- Obsolete
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I prithee, give no limits to my tongue.
A determining feature; a distinguishing characteristic.
The first group of riders to depart in a handicap race.
A person who is exasperating, intolerable, astounding, etc.
Usage- Colloquial
- as “the limit”
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Englehorn looked at his employer in incredulous admiration. ‘You’re the limit,’ he declared.
Adjective
Being a fixed limit game.
Usage- not-comparable
Verb
To restrict; to circumscribe; not to allow to go beyond a certain bound, to set boundaries.
Usage- Transitive
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We need to limit the power of the executive.
I'm limiting myself to two drinks tonight.
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[The Chinese government] has jailed environmental activists and is planning to limit the power of judicial oversight by handing a state-approved body a monopoly over bringing environmental lawsuits.
Beeching is more disparaging about suburban services beyond the capital, and I think here lies one of the most critical shortcomings in his analysis. By not considering the potential for these cities to grow, both on their own merits and in response to London's limitations, he failed to future-proof these types of service, limiting them in favour of long-distance services.
To have a limit in a particular set.
Usage- Intransitive
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The sequence limits on the point a.
To beg, or to exercise functions, within a certain limited region.
Usage- Obsolete
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a limiting friar
Noun
the greatest possible degree of something
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what he did was beyond the bounds of acceptable behavior
to the limit of his ability
final or latest limiting point
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as far as something can go
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the boundary of a specific area
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the mathematical value toward which a function goes as the independent variable approaches infinity
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the greatest amount of something that is possible or allowed
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there are limits on the amount you can bet
it is growing rapidly with no limitation in sight
Verb
place limits on (extent or amount or access)
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restrict the use of this parking lot
limit the time you can spend with your friends
restrict or confine within limits
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I limit you to two visits to the pub a day
please confine your questions to the topic
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our actions are circumscribed by our biology, personality, and by the social and cultural context into which we are born
decide upon or fix definitely
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fix the variables
specify the parameters