limit
Meaning of limit
noun
- a point or level beyond which something does not or may not extend or pass.
the failure showed the limits of British power
the 10-minute limit on speeches
there was no limit to his imagination
- a restriction on the size or amount of something permissible or possible.
an age limit
a weight limit
- a point or value which a sequence, function, or sum of a series can be made to approach progressively, until they are as close to it as desired.
- set or serve as a limit to.
try to limit the amount you drink
class sizes are limited to a maximum of 10
late Middle English: from Latin limes, limit- ‘boundary, frontier’. The verb is from Latin limitare, from limes .
Information about limit
- The plural form of limit is: limits.
- Languages in which limit is used:
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CatalanHyphenation of limit
limit
- It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
- limit is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
limit synonyms
Meaning bound:
Meaning demarcation:
Meaning limitation:
Meaning restrict:
restrict, restrain, trammel, bound, confine, throttle
Meaning circumscribe:
Meaning specify:
Meaning the greatest amount, extent, or intensity possible, permitted, or recorded:
Meaning the upper interior surface of a room or other similar compartment:
Meaning the limitation or control of someone or something, or the state of being restricted:
Meaning a check or restraint on something:
Meaning an examination to test or ascertain accuracy, quality, or satisfactory condition:
Meaning the power to influence or direct people's behaviour or the course of events:
Meaning the action or fact of reducing or restricting something:
Meaning a measure or condition that keeps someone or something under control:
Meaning a person or thing that has a subduing or inhibiting effect:
Meaning a device for slowing or stopping a moving vehicle, typically by applying pressure to the wheels:
Meaning a long, narrow strap attached at one end to a horse's bit, typically used in pairs to guide or check a horse in riding or driving:
Meaning place a limit or restriction on (prices, expenditure, or borrowing):
Meaning grasp, carry, or support with one's hands:
Meaning hold (something) at a fixed level or in a fixed state for a period of time:
Meaning fix (a price, rate, or amount) at a particular level:
Meaning control or maintain the rate or speed of (a machine or process) so that it operates properly:
Meaning conduct the policy, actions, and affairs of (a state, organization, or people) with authority:
Meaning determine the limits or boundaries of:
Meaning set the boundaries or limits of:
Meaning allow each person to have only a fixed amount of (a commodity):
Meaning stop or check (progress or a process):
Meaning put a bridle on (a horse):
Meaning hinder, restrain, or prevent (an action or process):
Meaning confine or restrict (someone):
limit antonyms
Meaning the least or smallest amount or quantity possible, attainable, or required:
Meaning become or make greater in size, amount, or degree:
Translation of limit
- German: Grenze, Limit, beschränken, begrenzen
- Italian: frontiera, limite, limitare, restringere
- French: frontière, limite, limiter, restreindre
- Spanish: límite, limitar, acotar, restringir
- Portuguese: limitar, restringir
Words that rhyme with limit
dimit, bandlimit, delimit, kulimit, overlimit, prelimit, relimit, sublimit, underlimit, perimit
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