limit
IPA: ɫˈɪmʌt
noun
- A restriction; a bound beyond which one may not go.
- (mathematics) 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).
- (mathematics) Any of several abstractions of this concept of limit.
- (category theory) The cone of a diagram through which any other cone of that same diagram can factor uniquely.
- (poker) Fixed limit.
- The final, utmost, or furthest point; the border or edge.
- (obsolete) The space or thing defined by limits.
- (obsolete) That which terminates a period of time; hence, the period itself; the full time or extent.
- (obsolete) A restriction; a check or curb; a hindrance.
- (logic, metaphysics) A determining feature; a distinguishing characteristic.
- (cycling) The first group of riders to depart in a handicap race.
- (colloquial, as "the limit") A person who is exasperating, intolerable, astounding, etc.
verb
- (transitive) To restrict; not to allow to go beyond a certain bound, to set boundaries.
- (mathematics, intransitive) To have a limit in a particular set.
- (obsolete) To beg, or to exercise functions, within a certain limited region.
adjective
- (poker) Being a fixed limit game.
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Examples of "limit" in Sentences
- It demarcated the limits.
- The scope of the convention is limited.
- I oppose limiting the scope of the article.
- The scope of the agreement was fairly limited.
- The above limit is called the weak turbulence limit.
- The scope of the programme is limited to unskilled manual labour.
- Sometimes the strategic goal can be to limit the scope of the conflict.
- Statutory abrogation of the duty is limited in scope and purpose however.
- The US Constitution limits the scope and the powers of the federal government.
- The income limit has no relation to the limit on the amount of the tax rebate.
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