What (who) is Limit - definition
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Limiting value; Limits; Limit (disambiguation)
limit
I
n.
1) to place, put, set a limit on
2) to disregard, exceed a limit
3) an age; speed; time; weight limit
4) a limit on, to
5) within limits
6) (misc.) to push smb. to the limit
II
v. (D; refl., tr.) to limit to (she had to limit herself to twenty minutes)
limit
I. n.
1.
Bound, frontier, boundary, confine, bourn, termination, precinct, march.
2.
Restriction, restraint, obstruction, check, hindrance.
II. v. a.
1.
Bound, circumscribe, define, set bounds to, fix the limits of.
2.
Restrain, restrict, condition.
Limit
·vt The space or thing defined by limits.
II. Limit ·vt A restriction; a check; a curb; a hindrance.
III. Limit ·vt A determining feature; a distinguishing characteristic; a differentia.
IV. Limit ·vi To beg, or to exercise functions, within a certain limited region; as, a limiting friar.
V. Limit ·vt That which terminates a period of time; hence, the period itself; the full time or extent.
VI. Limit ·vt 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.
VII. Limit ·vt 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.
VIII. Limit ·vt 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.
Pronunciation examples for Limit
1. limit.
The Art of Immersion _ Frank Rose _ Talks at Google
2. limit.
How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe _ Charles Yu _ Talks at Google
3. The limit the pessimism limit.
Light of the Stars - Alien Worlds and the Fate of the Earth _ Adam Frank _ Talks at Google
4. limit them.
Pike Place Fish Demo _ Anders Miller & Bryan Jarr _ Talks at Google
5. speed limit.
The Great Racing Spectacle _ Alexander Rossi + More _ Talks at Google
Examples of use of Limit
1. But there should be a limit even to egoism – a limit to me first.
2. Organizers had planned to limit tickets to '0,000 – 30,000 for each day – to limit crowding.
3. Limit The BFS guidelines would clearly set this limit at 36.
4. The French legal limit is 0.5 ml per litre, putting him three–and–a–half times over the limit.
5. They believe that if they drive at the correct limit, they are driving at a safe limit.