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==English== ===Etymology=== (noun) From {{etyl|enm}} < {{etyl|fro}} < {{etyl|la}} {{term|lang=la|limes||a cross-path or balk between fields, hence a boundary, boundary line or wall, any path or road, border, limit}}. (verb) From {{etyl|enm}} {{term|lang=la|limiten}} < {{etyl|fro}} {{term|lang=fro|limiter}} < {{etyl|la}} {{term|lang=la|limitare||to bound, limit, fix, determine}} < {{term|lang=la|limes}}; see noun. ===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}} * Czech: {{t-|cs|omezit}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|limigi|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t|et|piirama}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|rajoittaa}} * Hebrew: {{t-|he|הגביל}}, {{t-|he|תחם}} {{trans-mid}} * Irish: {{t-|ga|cum|xs=Irish}} * [[Scots]]: [[leemit]] * 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}} * Armenian: {{t-|hy|սահման|tr=sahman}} * Chinese: [[极限]] (jíxiàn) * Croatian: {{t+|hr|granica|f}} * Czech: {{t-|cs|mez|f}}, {{t-|cs|limit|m}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|grens}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|limito|xs=Esperanto}} * 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}} {{trans-mid}} * [[Ido]]: [[limito]] * 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}} * 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}} * Arabic: {{t-|ar|نهاية|f}} * Armenian: {{t-|hy|սահման|tr=sahman}} * Czech: {{t-|cs|limita|f}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|limeso|xs=Esperanto}} * Finnish: {{t-|fi|raja-arvo}} * French: {{t+|fr|limite|f}} * German: {{t+|de|Grenzwert|m}}, {{t+|de|Grenze|f}} * Italian: {{t+|it|limite|m}} {{trans-mid}} * Persian: {{t+|fa|حد|xs=Persian}} * Polish: {{t+|pl|granica|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|предел|m}} * Slovene: {{t-|sl|limita|f}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|gränsvärde|n}} * [[Tajik]]: {{t|tg|ҳад|sc=Cyrl|xs=Tajik}} * Urdu: {{t-|ur|حد|xs=Urdu}} {{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]]<!--mathematics--> * [[city limits]] * [[elastic limit]] * [[in the limit]] * [[limit down]] * [[limit up]] * [[limitation]] {{mid2}} * [[limitless]] * [[lower limit]]<!--mathematics--> * [[outer limit]] * [[the sky is the limit]] * [[to the limit]] * [[time limit]] * [[unlimited]] * [[upper limit]]<!--mathematics--> {{bottom2}} ===See also=== * [[bound]] * [[function]] ===External links=== * {{R:Webster 1913}} * {{R:Century 1911}} * {{R:OneLook}} [[Category:1000 English basic words]] ---- ==Czech== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Cs-limit.ogg|audio}} ===Noun=== {{cs-noun|g=m}} # [[#English|limit]] ====Related terms==== * [[limita]] * [[limitní]] * [[limitovat]] ---- ==Serbo-Croatian== ===Etymology=== From {{etyl|de|sh}} {{term|Limit|lang=de}}. ===Noun=== {{sh-noun|g=m|head=lìmit|r|лимит|лѝмит}} # [[boundary]] # [[boundary]] that cannot be surpassed ====Declension==== {{sh-decl-noun |limit|limiti |limita|limita |limitu|limitima |limit|limite |limite|limiti |limitu|limitima |limitom|limitima }} [[ar:limit]] [[de:limit]] [[et:limit]] [[el:limit]] [[fr:limit]] [[ko:limit]] [[io:limit]] [[id:limit]] [[it:limit]] [[kn:limit]] [[kk:limit]] [[ku:limit]] [[lt:limit]] [[hu:limit]] [[ml: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]]
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