limit

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Synonyms 1.4.2 Translations 1.5 Adjective 1.6 Derived terms 1.7 See also 1.8 External links 2 Czech 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun 2.2.1 Related terms 3 Serbo-Croatian 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Noun 3.2.1 Declension

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[edit] Etymology

(noun) From Middle English < Old French < Latin limes (“‘a cross-path or balk between fields, hence a boundary, boundary line or wall, any path or road, border, limit’”).

(verb) From Middle English limiten < Old French limiter < Latin limitare (“‘to bound, limit, fix, determine’”) < limes; see noun.

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• IPA: /ˈlɪmɪt/, SAMPA: /"lImIt/
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• Rhymes: -ɪmɪt

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

1. (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.

2. (mathematics, intransitive) To have a limit in a particular set.

   The sequence limits on the point a.

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• (restrict): cap, restrict

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limit (plural: limits)

1. A restriction; a bound beyond which one may not go.

   There are several existing limits to executive power.

   Two drinks is my limit tonight.

2. (mathematics) A value to which a sequence converges.

   The sequence of reciprocals has zero as its limit.

3. (mathematics) Any of several abstractions of this concept of limit.

   Category theory defines a very general concept of limit.

4. (poker) Short for fixed limit.
5. The final, utmost, or furthest point.

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

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limit (not comparable)

1. (poker) Being a fixed limit game.

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age limit central limit theorem city limits elastic limit in the limit limit down limit up limitation

limitless lower limit outer limit the sky is the limit to the limit time limit unlimited upper limit

[edit] See also

• bound
• function

[edit] External links

• limit in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• limit in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• limit at OneLook® Dictionary Search

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[edit] Noun

limit m.

1. limit

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• limita
• limitní
• limitovat

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[edit] Etymology

From German Limit.

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lìmit m. (Cyrillic spelling лѝмит)

1. boundary
2. boundary that cannot be surpassed

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