Limit
['lɪmɪt]
Definition
(noun.) the greatest possible degree of something; 'what he did was beyond the bounds of acceptable behavior'; 'to the limit of his ability'.
(noun.) the boundary of a specific area.
(noun.) as far as something can go.
(noun.) 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'.
(noun.) the mathematical value toward which a function goes as the independent variable approaches infinity.
(verb.) restrict or confine, 'I limit you to two visits to the pub a day'.
Edited by Elvis--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) The space or thing defined by limits.
(v. t.) That which terminates a period of time; hence, the period itself; the full time or extent.
(v. t.) A restriction; a check; a curb; a hindrance.
(v. t.) A determining feature; a distinguishing characteristic; a differentia.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. i.) To beg, or to exercise functions, within a certain limited region; as, a limiting friar.
Checker: Trent
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Bound, frontier, boundary, confine, bourn, termination, precinct, marches.[2]. Restriction, restraint, obstruction, check, hinderance.
v. a. [1]. Bound, circumscribe, define, set bounds to, fix the limits of.[2]. Restrain, restrict.
Typist: Ora
Definition
n. boundary: utmost extent: restriction: (Shak.) a limb as the limit of the body.—v.t. to confine within bounds: to restrain: to fix within limits.—adjs. Lim′itable that may be limited bounded or restrained; Limitā′rian tending to limit.—n. one who limits.—adjs. Lim′itary placed at the boundary as a guard &c.: confined within limits; Lim′itate (bot.) bounded by a distinct line.—n. Limitā′tion the act of limiting bounding or restraining: the state of being limited bounded or restrained: restriction.—adjs. Limitā′tive Lim′ited within limits: narrow: restricted.—adv. Lim′itedly.—ns. Lim′itedness; Lim′iter the person or thing that limits or confines: a friar who had a license to beg within certain bounds.—adj. Lim′itless having no limits: boundless: immense: infinite.—Limited liability (see Liability); Limited monarchy a monarchy in which the supreme power is shared with a body of nobles a representative body or both.
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Examples
- There seems to be a _limit of growth_ for every kind of living thing. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- As there was no limit to the distance that electricity would travel there seemed no reason why these dots and dashes, or sparks and spaces, should not be sent all around the world. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- With improvements in safety there seems no limit to the possibilities of flight. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- From the first the patronage even of Ptolemy I set a limit to political discussion. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Dan was the northern and Beersheba the southern limit of Palestine--hence the expression from Dan to Beersheba. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- O, you are too relentless--there's a limit to the cruelty of savages! Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- I would allow the State to increase so far as is consistent with unity; that, I think, is the proper limit. Plato. The Republic.
- A constitution of the Japanese type came into existence in 1909, making China a limited monarchy. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- As long as we could hold our position the enemy was limited in supplies of food, men and munitions of war to what they had on hand. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The foreign language, the limited time, the public display. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- He limited the number of these traders to one for each of his three armies. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Until the beginning of 1882 there were only a few arc-lighting stations in existence for the limited distribution of current. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Mr. Pott's domestic circle was limited to himself and his wife. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Her very limited intercourse with Mr Rokesmith rendered this hard to find out. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- MY limits are inscribed on that Document. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- It reached out far beyond the utmost limits of the empire, into Armenia, Persia, Abyssinia, Ireland, Germany, India, and Turkestan. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In waste and uninclosed lands, any person who discovers a tin mine may mark out its limits to a certain extent, which is called bounding a mine. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- But only think what that tiresome Henry has done; really, he exceeds brother-in-law's limits. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- That place was not beyond the limits of my command, which, it had been expressly declared in orders, were not defined. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Sherman may be looked for in the neighborhood of Goldsboro' any time from the 22d to the 28th of February; this limits your time very materially. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The limits imposed practically were such as to require that the system should not cost more than a cable road to install. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The preceding Section has shown clearly the danger of too strong a current, and the necessity for limiting the current to that which the wire can safely carry. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Hence the public has the right of regulating descents, and all other conveyances of property, and even of limiting the quantity and the uses of it. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- No age has produced such a multitude of elaborate studies, and any selection was, of course, a limiting one. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The natural, or native, powers furnish the initiating and limiting forces in all education; they do not furnish its ends or aims. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Such expenses as the dignity of his station required he readily sustained, limiting them by the strictest rules of propriety. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- A certain blunt, blind stupidity in him palled on her soul, limiting her. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
Editor: Sharon