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Wiktionary http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Main_Page MediaWiki 1.16alpha-wmf case-sensitive Media Special Talk User User talk Wiktionary Wiktionary talk File File talk MediaWiki MediaWiki talk Template Template talk Help Help talk Category Category talk Appendix Appendix talk Concordance Concordance talk Index Index talk Rhymes Rhymes talk Transwiki Transwiki talk Wikisaurus Wikisaurus talk WT WT talk Citations Citations talk limit 56440 6525720 2009-05-03T23:00:47Z Tbot 44393 added t for sq, fi ==English== ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈlɪmɪt/}}, {{SAMPA|/"lImIt/}} * {{audio|en-us-limit.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ɪmɪt}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{transitive}} To restrict; not to allow to go beyond a certain bound. #: ''We need to '''limit''' the power of the executive.'' #: ''I'm '''limiting''' myself to two drinks tonight.'' # {{mathematics|intransitive}} To have a limit in a particular set. #: ''The sequence '''limits''' on the point ''a''.'' ====Synonyms==== * (''restrict''): [[cap]], [[restrict]] ====Translations==== {{trans-top|restrict}} * Estonian: {{t|et|piirama}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|rajoittaa}} * Irish: {{t-|ga|cum|xs=Irish}} * [[Scots]]: [[leemit]] {{trans-mid}} * Slovene: [[omejiti]] * Spanish: {{t-|es|limitar}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|begränsa}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Noun=== '''limit''' (''plural:'' '''[[limits]]''') # A restriction; a bound beyond which one may not go. #: ''There are several existing limits to executive power.'' #: ''Two drinks is my limit tonight.'' # {{math}} A value to which a [[sequence]] [[converge]]s. #: ''The sequence of reciprocals has zero as its limit.'' # {{math}} Any of several abstractions of this concept of limit. #: ''Category theory defines a very general concept of limit.'' # {{poker}} Short for [[fixed limit]]. # The [[final]], [[utmost]], or [[furthest]] [[point]]. ====Synonyms==== * (''restriction''): [[bound]], [[boundary]], [[limitation]], [[restriction]] ====Translations==== {{trans-top|boundary}} * Albanian: {{t-|sq|kufi|m|f|xs=Albanian}}, {{t+|sq|cak|m|xs=Albanian}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[حد]]}} {{IPAchar|(ħadd)}} {{m}} * Chinese: [[极限]] (jíxiàn) * Croatian: {{t+|hr|granica|f}} * Czech: {{t-|cs|mez|f}}, {{t-|cs|limit|m}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|grens}} * Estonian: {{t|et|piirang}}, {{t-|et|piir}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|rajoitus}}, {{t+|fi|raja}} * French: {{t+|fr|limite|f}} * German: {{t+|de|Grenze|f}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|határ}} * [[Ido]]: [[limito]] {{trans-mid}} * Italian: {{t+|it|limite|m}} * Japanese: [[限度]] (げんど, gendo) * Korean: [[제한]] (jehan) * Kurdish: *: Sorani: {{t|ku|سنور|tr=sinoor|sc=ku-Arab}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|limite|m}} * Romanian: {{t-|ro|hotar|m|f}} * Russian: {{t|ru|предел|m|tr=predél|sc=Cyrl}} * Slovene: [[omejitev]] {{f}} * Spanish: {{t-|es|límite|m}} * Swedish: [[gräns]] {{c}} (''physical''), [[begränsning]] {{c}} (''what one can handle'') * [[Telugu]]: [[హద్దు]] (haddu) {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|mathematics: value to which a sequence converges}} * Finnish: {{t-|fi|raja-arvo}} * French: {{t+|fr|limite|f}} * German: {{t+|de|Grenzwert|m}}, {{t+|de|Grenze|f}} {{trans-mid}} * Italian: {{t+|it|limite|m}} * Slovene: {{t-|sl|limita|f}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|gränsvärde|n}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|mathematics: abstraction of this concept of limit}} * German: {{t+|de|Limes|m}}, {{t+|de|Grenzwert|m}} {{trans-mid}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|gränsvärde|n}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Adjective=== {{en-adj|-}} # {{poker}} Being a [[fixed limit]] game. ===Derived terms=== {{top2}} * [[age limit]] * [[central limit theorem]] * [[city limits]] * [[elastic limit]] * [[in the limit]] * [[limit down]] * [[limit up]] * [[limitation]] {{mid2}} * [[limitless]] * [[lower limit]] * [[outer limit]] * [[the sky is the limit]] * [[to the limit]] * [[time limit]] * [[unlimited]] * [[upper limit]] {{bottom2}} ===See also=== * [[bound]] * [[function]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ---- ==Croatian== ===Etymology=== From {{etyl|de|hr}} {{term|Limit|lang=de}}. ===Noun=== {{hr-noun|m}} # [[boundary]] # [[boundary]] that cannot be surpassed ---- ==Czech== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Cs-limit.ogg|audio}} ===Noun=== '''limit''' {{m}} # [[#English|limit]] [[Category:Czech nouns]] [[ar:limit]] [[de:limit]] [[et:limit]] [[el:limit]] [[fr:limit]] [[ko:limit]] [[io:limit]] [[id:limit]] [[it:limit]] [[kk:limit]] [[ku:limit]] [[lt:limit]] [[hu:limit]] [[nl:limit]] [[ja:limit]] [[pl:limit]] [[simple:limit]] [[fi:limit]] [[sv:limit]] [[ta:limit]] [[te:limit]] [[tr:limit]] [[uk:limit]] [[vi:limit]] [[zh:limit]]