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limit noun 1 a point, degree, amount or boundary, especially one which cannot or should not be passed. 2 a restriction. 3 stock exchange a predetermined price at which a broker is instructed to buy or sell. 4 math in calculus: a value that is approached increasingly closely, but never reached. 5 the boundary or edge of an area • city limits. 6 the greatest or smallest extent, degree, etc allowed. 7 (the limit) colloq, sometimes facetious someone or something that is intolerable or extremely annoying. verb (limited, limiting) 1 to be a limit or boundary to someone or something. 2 to restrict. limitable adj. limiter noun. limitary adj. off limits out of bounds. over the limit said of someone who has been driving: a registering more than the permitted level of alcohol in the blood; b exceeding the legal speed limit. within limits with only a moderate degree of freedom.
ETYMOLOGY: 14c: from Latin limes boundary.
limit noun 1 a point, degree, amount or boundary, especially one which cannot or should not be passed. 2 a restriction. 3 stock exchange a predetermined price at which a broker is instructed to buy or sell. 4 math in calculus: a value that is approached increasingly closely, but never reached. 5 the boundary or edge of an area • city limits. 6 the greatest or smallest extent, degree, etc allowed. 7 (the limit) colloq, sometimes facetious someone or something that is intolerable or extremely annoying. verb (limited, limiting) 1 to be a limit or boundary to someone or something. 2 to restrict. limitable adj. limiter noun. limitary adj. off limits out of bounds. over the limit said of someone who has been driving: a registering more than the permitted level of alcohol in the blood; b exceeding the legal speed limit. within limits with only a moderate degree of freedom.
ETYMOLOGY: 14c: from Latin limes boundary.
limit noun 1 a point, degree, amount or boundary, especially one which cannot or should not be passed. 2 a restriction. 3 stock exchange a predetermined price at which a broker is instructed to buy or sell. 4 math in calculus: a value that is approached increasingly closely, but never reached. 5 the boundary or edge of an area • city limits. 6 the greatest or smallest extent, degree, etc allowed. 7 (the limit) colloq, sometimes facetious someone or something that is intolerable or extremely annoying. verb (limited, limiting) 1 to be a limit or boundary to someone or something. 2 to restrict. limitable adj. limiter noun. limitary adj. off limits out of bounds. over the limit said of someone who has been driving: a registering more than the permitted level of alcohol in the blood; b exceeding the legal speed limit. within limits with only a moderate degree of freedom.
ETYMOLOGY: 14c: from Latin limes boundary.
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