limit

Meaning

Noun

1. A restriction; a bound beyond which one may not go.
2. 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).
3. Any of several abstractions of this concept of limit.
4. The cone of a diagram through which any other cone of that same diagram can factor uniquely.
5. Fixed limit.
6. The final, utmost, or furthest point; the border or edge.
7. (obsolete) The space or thing defined by limits.
8. (obsolete) That which terminates a period of time; hence, the period itself; the full time or extent.
9. (obsolete) A restriction; a check or curb; a hindrance.
10. A determining feature; a distinguishing characteristic.
11. The first group of riders to depart in a handicap race.
12. (colloquial) A person who is exasperating, intolerable, astounding, etc.
13. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of harmonic limit.

Adj

Being a fixed limit game.

Verb

1. (transitive) To restrict; to circumscribe; not to allow to go beyond a certain bound, to set boundaries.
2. (intransitive) To have a limit in a particular set.
3. (obsolete) To beg, or to exercise functions, within a certain limited region.

Opposite of

expand, release

Synonyms

boundary

border

restrict

end

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confine

bound

frontier

edge

extent

bounds

restrain

measure

circumscribe

scope

limitation

abridge

restriction

degree

range

line

extremity

perimeter

delimit

define

demarcation

margin

stint

reduce

fix

barrier

terminal point

parameter

quota

terminus

determine

constrict

shore

demarcate

localize

curtail

limit point

check

height

localise

cramp

regulate

domain

amount

bourne

peak

Translations

limite

Grenze

límite

limite

grens

limite

limiter

frontière

frontiera

fronteira

limitare

Begrenzung

límit

σύνορο

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈlɪmɪt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: limit

Inherited from Middle English: limiten

In summary

From Middle English limit, from Old French limit, from Latin līmes (“a cross-path or balk between fields, hence a boundary, boundary line or wall, any path or road, border, limit”). Displaced native Old English ġemǣre. Doublet of limes.

Sentences

The reserve requirement therefore acts as a limit on this multiplier effect .