limit

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1. limit - Noun

2. limit - Adjective

3. limit - Verb

Meaning

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 human knowledge or endeavor.

The space or thing defined by limits.

That which terminates a period of time; hence, the period itself; the full time or extent.

A restriction; a check; a curb; a hindrance.

A determining feature; a distinguishing characteristic; a differentia.

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.

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.

To beg, or to exercise functions, within a certain limited region; as, a limiting friar.

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what he did was beyond the bounds of acceptable behavior Source: Internet

to the limit of his ability Source: Internet

restrict the use of this parking lot Source: Internet

limit the time you can spend with your friends Source: Internet

I limit you to two visits to the pub a day Source: Internet

please confine your questions to the topic Source: Internet

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