LIMIT

limit, bound, boundary

(noun) the greatest possible degree of something; “what he did was beyond the bounds of acceptable behavior”; “to the limit of his ability”

limit, demarcation, demarcation line

(noun) the boundary of a specific area

limit

(noun) as far as something can go

limit, limitation

(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”

limit, limit point, point of accumulation

(noun) the mathematical value toward which a function goes as the independent variable approaches infinity

restrict, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle

(verb) place limits on (extent or amount or access); “restrict the use of this parking lot”; “limit the time you can spend with your friends”

limit, circumscribe, confine to

(verb) restrict or confine within limits; “I limit you to two visits to the pub a day”; “please confine your questions to the topic”; “our actions are circumscribed by our biology, personality, and by the social and cultural context into which we are born”

specify, set, determine, define, fix, limit

(verb) decide upon or fix definitely; “fix the variables”; “specify the parameters”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

limit (plural limits)

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.

Synonyms: inverse limit, projective limit

Hyponyms: terminal object, categorical product, pullback, equalizer, identity morphism

(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.

Synonyms

• (restriction): bound, boundary, limitation, restriction

Adjective

limit (not comparable)

(poker) Being a fixed limit game.

Etymology 2

Verb

limit (third-person singular simple present limits, present participle limiting, simple past and past participle limited)

(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.

Synonyms

• (restrict): See hinder

Source: Wiktionary

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Lim"it, n. Etym: [From L. limes, limitis: cf. F.limite; -or from E. limit, v. See Limit, v. t.]

1. 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. As eager of the chase, the maid Beyond the forest's verdant limits strayed. Pope.

2. The space or thing defined by limits. The archdeacon hath divided it Into three limits very equally. Shak.

3. That which terminates a period of time; hence, the period itself; the full time or extent. The dateless limit of thy dear exile. Shak. The limit of your lives is out. Shak.

4. A restriction; a check; a curb; a hindrance. I prithee, give no limits to my tongue. Shak.

5. (Logic & Metaph.)

Definition: A determining feature; a distinguishing characteristic a differentia.

6. (Math.)

Definition: 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. Elastic limit. See under Elastic.

– Prison limits, a definite, extent of space in or around a prison, within which a prisoner has liberty to go and come.

Syn.

– Boundary; border; edge; termination; restriction; bound; confine.

Lim"it, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Limited; p. pr. & vb. n. Limiting.] Etym: [F. limiter, L. limitare, fr. limes, limitis, limit; prob. akin to limen threshold, E. eliminate; cf. L. limus sidelong.]

Definition: 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. Limiting parallels (Astron.), those parallels of latitude between which only an occultation of a star or planet by the moon, in a given case, can occur.

Lim"it, v. i.

Definition: To beg, or to exercise functions, within a certain limited region; as, a limiting friar. [Obs.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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