LIMIT
\lˈɪmɪt], \lˈɪmɪt], \l_ˈɪ_m_ɪ_t]\
Definitions of LIMIT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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the greatest possible degree of something; "what he did was beyond the bounds of acceptable behavior"; "to the limit of his ability"
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the boundary of a specific area
By Princeton University
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the greatest possible degree of something; "what he did was beyond the bounds of acceptable behavior"; "to the limit of his ability"
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the boundary of a specific area
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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The space or thing defined by limits.
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That which terminates a period of time; hence, the period itself; the full time or extent.
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A restriction; a check; a curb; a hindrance.
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A determining feature; a distinguishing characteristic; a differentia.
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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.
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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.
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To beg, or to exercise functions, within a certain limited region; as, a limiting friar.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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The space or thing defined by limits.
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That which terminates a period of time; hence, the period itself; the full time or extent.
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A restriction; a check; a curb; a hindrance.
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A determining feature; a distinguishing characteristic; a differentia.
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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.
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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.
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To beg, or to exercise functions, within a certain limited region; as, a limiting friar.
By Noah Webster.
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A border or boundary; utmost extent; that which confines, ends, or checks.
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To confine within bounds.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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