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| NOUN | 1 | limit, bounds, boundary | The greatest possible degree of something |
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| 2 | limit, terminus ad quem, terminal point | Final or latest limiting point | |
| 3 | limit, demarcation, demarcation line | The boundary of a specific area | |
| 4 | limit | As far as something can go | |
| 5 | limit, limit point, point of accumulation | The mathematical value toward which a function goes as the independent variable approaches infinity | |
| 6 | limit, limitation | The greatest amount of something that is possible or allowed | |
| VERB | 1 | limit, restrict, restrain, trammel, bound, confine, throttle | Place limits on (extent or access) |
| 2 | limit, circumscribe, confine | Restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day" | |
| 3 | limit, specify, set, determine, fix | Decide upon or fix definitely |
| Sounds | lih'maht |
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| Rhymes | abbot, abut, accredit, and 364 more rhymes in aht at the HyperDic website... |
| Meaning | The greatest possible degree of something. |
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| Examples | "to the limit of his ability" |
| Synonyms | bounds, boundary |
| Narrower | knife-edge; thermal barrier, heat barrier; utmost, uttermost, maximum, level best; verge, brink |
| Broader | extent |
| Verbs | limit; limit; limit |
| Meaning | Final or latest limiting point. |
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| Synonyms | terminus ad quem, terminal point |
| Broader | end, ending |
| Adjectives | self-limited |
| Verbs | limit |
| Meaning | The boundary of a specific area. |
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| Synonyms | demarcation, demarcation line |
| Narrower | city limit, city limits; upper limit; lower limit; three-mile limit |
| Broader | boundary, bound, bounds |
| Meaning | As far as something can go. |
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| Narrower | maximum; minimum; range, reach |
| Broader | extremity |
| Meaning | The mathematical value toward which a function goes as the independent variable approaches infinity. |
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| Synonyms | limit point, point of accumulation |
| Narrower | range |
| Broader | indefinite quantity |
| Meaning | The greatest amount of something that is possible or allowed. |
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| Examples | "there are limits on the amount you can bet"; "it is growing rapidly with no limitation in sight" |
| Synonyms | limitation |
| Narrower | extremum, peak; cutoff |
| Broader | indefinite quantity |
| Meaning | Place limits on (extent or access). |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something PP |
| Examples | "limit the time you can spend with your friends" |
| Synonyms | restrict, restrain, trammel, bound, confine, throttle |
| Narrower | reduce, tighten; tie; gate; draw the line, draw a line; mark off, mark out; rule, harness, rein; baffle, regulate; hamper, halter, cramp, strangle; stiffen, tighten, tighten up, constrain; clamp down, crack down; inhibit; restrain, encumber, cumber, constrain |
| Broader | control, hold in, hold, contain, check, curb, moderate |
| Nouns | limit; limitation; limitation; limitation; limiter; limitation |
| Meaning | Restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day". |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
| Synonyms | circumscribe, confine |
| Narrower | hold down; number, keep down; cap; restrict, curtail, curb, cut back; demarcate, delimit, delimitate; content; ration |
| Broader | decrease, lessen, minify |
| Nouns | limitation; limitation; limit; limitation; limitation |
| Meaning | Decide upon or fix definitely. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Synonyms | specify, set, determine, fix |
| Narrower | quantify; name; reset; define |
| Broader | choose, take, select, pick out |
| Nouns | limit; limit |