Limit

English

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈlɪmɪt/, SAMPA: /"lImIt/

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• Rhymes: -ɪmɪt

Verb

Infinitive to Limit

Third person singular -

Simple past -

Past participle -

Present participle -

to Limit (third-person singular simple present -, present participle -, simple past and past participle -)

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.

Synonyms

• (restrict): cap, restrict

Translations

restrict

Czech: omezit cs(cs) Esperanto: limigi eo(eo) Estonian: piirama et(et) Finnish: rajoittaa fi(fi) Hebrew: הגביל he(he), תחם he(he)

Irish: cum ga(ga) Scots: leemit Slovene: omejiti Spanish: limitar es(es) Swedish: begränsa sv(sv)

Noun

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. Template:Poker Short for fixed limit.
5. The final, utmost, or furthest point.

Synonyms

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

Translations

boundary

Albanian: kufi sq(sq) m. and f., cak sq(sq) m. Arabic: حد (ħadd) m. Armenian: սահման hy(hy) (sahman) Chinese: 极限 (jíxiàn) Croatian: granica hr(hr) f. Czech: mez cs(cs) f., limit cs(cs) m. Dutch: grens nl(nl) Esperanto: limito eo(eo) Estonian: piirang et(et), piir et(et) Finnish: rajoitus fi(fi), raja fi(fi) French: limite fr(fr) f. German: Grenze de(de) f. Hungarian: határ hu(hu)

Ido: limito Italian: limite it(it) m. Japanese: 限度 (げんど, gendo) Korean: 제한 (jehan) Kurdish: Sorani: سنور ku(ku) (sinoor) Portuguese: limite pt(pt) m. Romanian: hotar ro(ro) m. and f. Russian: предел ru(ru) (predél) m. Slovene: omejitev f. Spanish: límite es(es) m. Swedish: gräns c. (physical), begränsning c. (what one can handle) Telugu: హద్దు (haddu)

mathematics: value to which a sequence converges

Arabic: نهاية ar(ar) f. Armenian: սահման hy(hy) (sahman) Czech: limita cs(cs) f. Esperanto: limeso eo(eo) Finnish: raja-arvo fi(fi) French: limite fr(fr) f. German: Grenzwert de(de) m., Grenze de(de) f. Italian: limite it(it) m.

Persian: حد fa(fa) Polish: granica pl(pl) f. Russian: предел ru(ru) m. Slovene: limita sl(sl) f. Swedish: gränsvärde sv(sv) n. Tajik: ҳад tg(tg) Urdu: حد ur(ur)

mathematics: abstraction of this concept of limit

German: Limes de(de) m., Grenzwert de(de) m.

Swedish: gränsvärde sv(sv) n.

Adjective

Limit (not comparable)

Positive Limit

Comparative not comparable

Superlative none (absolute)

1. Template:Poker Being a fixed limit game.

Derived terms

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

See also

• bound
• function

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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Czech

Pronunciation

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Noun

Limit m.

1. limit

Related terms

• limita
• limitní
• limitovat

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From German Limit.

Noun

lìmit m. (Cyrillic spelling лѝмит)

1. boundary
2. boundary that cannot be surpassed

Declension

    declension of Limit

	singular	plural
nominative	limit	limiti
genitive	limita	limita
dative	limitu	limitima
accusative	limit	limite
vocative	limite	limiti
locative	limitu	limitima
instrumental	limitom	limitima

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