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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Limit \Lim"it\, v. i.
     To beg, or to exercise functions, within a certain limited
     region; as, a limiting friar. [Obs.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Limit \Lim"it\ (l[i^]m"[i^]t), n. [From L. limes, limitis: cf.
     F. limite; -or from E. limit, v. See Limit, v. t.]
     1. That which terminates, circumscribes, restrains, or
        confines; the bound, border, or edge; the utmost extent;
        as, the limit of a walk, of a town, of a country; the
        limits of human knowledge or endeavor.
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              As eager of the chase, the maid
              Beyond the forest's verdant limits strayed. --Pope.
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     2. The space or thing defined by limits.
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              The archdeacon hath divided it
              Into three limits very equally.       --Shak.
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     3. That which terminates a period of time; hence, the period
        itself; the full time or extent.
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              The dateless limit of thy dear exile. --Shak.
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              The limit of your lives is out.       --Shak.
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     4. A restriction; a check; a curb; a hindrance.
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              I prithee, give no limits to my tongue. --Shak.
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     5. (Logic & Metaph.) A determining feature; a distinguishing
        characteristic; a differentia.
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     6. (Math.) A determinate quantity, to which a variable one
        continually approaches, and may differ from it by less
        than any given difference, but to which, under the law of
        variation, the variable can never become exactly
        equivalent.
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     Elastic limit. See under Elastic.
  
     Prison limits, a definite, extent of space in or around a
        prison, within which a prisoner has liberty to go and
        come.
  
     Syn: Boundary; border; edge; termination; restriction; bound;
          confine.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Limit \Lim"it\ (l[i^]m"[i^]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Limited; p.
     pr. & vb. n. Limiting.] [F. limiter, L. limitare, fr.
     limes, limitis, limit; prob. akin to limen threshold, E.
     eliminate; cf. L. limus sidelong.]
     To apply a limit to, or set a limit for; to terminate,
     circumscribe, or restrict, by a limit or limits; as, to limit
     the acreage of a crop; to limit the issue of paper money; to
     limit one's ambitions or aspirations; to limit the meaning of
     a word.
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     Limiting parallels (Astron.), those parallels of latitude
        between which only an occultation of a star or planet by
        the moon, in a given case, can occur.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Limit \Lim"it\, v. i.
     To beg, or to exercise functions, within a certain limited
     region; as, a limiting friar. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Limit \Lim"it\ (l[i^]m"[i^]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Limited; p.
     pr. & vb. n. Limiting.] [F. limiter, L. limitare, fr.
     limes, limitis, limit; prob. akin to limen threshold, E.
     eliminate; cf. L. limus sidelong.]
     To apply a limit to, or set a limit for; to terminate,
     circumscribe, or restrict, by a limit or limits; as, to limit
     the acreage of a crop; to limit the issue of paper money; to
     limit one's ambitions or aspirations; to limit the meaning of
     a word.
  
     Limiting parallels (Astron.), those parallels of latitude
        between which only an occultation of a star or planet by
        the moon, in a given case, can occur.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Limit \Lim"it\ (l[i^]m"[i^]t), n. [From L. limes, limitis: cf.
     F. limite; or from E. limit, v. See Limit, v. t.]
     1. That which terminates, circumscribes, restrains, or
        confines; the bound, border, or edge; the utmost extent;
        as, the limit of a walk, of a town, of a country; the
        limits of human knowledge or endeavor.
  
              As eager of the chase, the maid Beyond the forest's
              verdant limits strayed.               --Pope.
  
     2. The space or thing defined by limits.
  
              The archdeacon hath divided it Into three limits
              very equally.                         --Shak.
  
     3. That which terminates a period of time; hence, the period
        itself; the full time or extent.
  
              The dateless limit of thy dear exile. --Shak.
  
              The limit of your lives is out.       --Shak.
  
     4. A restriction; a check; a curb; a hindrance.
  
              I prithee, give no limits to my tongue. --Shak.
  
     5. (Logic & Metaph.) A determining feature; a distinguishing
        characteristic; a differentia.
  
     6. (Math.) A determinate quantity, to which a variable one
        continually approaches, and may differ from it by less
        than any given difference, but to which, under the law of
        variation, the variable can never become exactly
        equivalent.
  
     Elastic limit. See under Elastic.
  
     Prison limits, a definite extent of space in or around a
        prison, within which a prisoner has liberty to go and
        come.
  
     Syn: Boundary; border; edge; termination; restriction; bound;
          confine.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  limit
       n 1: the greatest possible degree of something; "what he did was
            beyond the bounds of acceptable behavior"; "to the limit
            of his ability" [syn: bounds, boundary]
       2: final or latest limiting point [syn: terminus ad quem, terminal
          point]
       3: the boundary of a specific area [syn: demarcation, demarcation
          line]
       4: as far as something can go
       5: the mathematical value toward which a function goes as the
          independent variable approaches infinity [syn: limit
          point, point of accumulation]
       6: the greatest amount of something that is possible or
          allowed; "there are limits on the amount you can bet"; "it
          is growing rapidly with no limitation in sight" [syn: limitation]
       v 1: place limits on (extent or access); "restrict the use of
            this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with
            your friends" [syn: restrict, restrain, trammel, bound,
             confine, throttle]
       2: restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a
          day" [syn: circumscribe, confine]
       3: decide upon or fix definitely; "fix the variables"; "specify
          the parameters" [syn: specify, set, determine, fix]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  limit
     Πολωνικά n.
     το όριο
     Τσεχικά n.
     το όριο

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  limit
     Czech n.
     (l en limit)
     Hungarian n.
     (l en limit) (gloss: the final, utmost, or furthest point)
     Polish n.
     (l en limit) (gl: restriction; bound beyond which one may not go)
     Tagalog n.
     1 frequency
     2 closeness; compactness; density

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Limit
     German n.
     n limit (gloss: restriction)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  limit
     a.
     (lb en poker) Being a fixed limit game.
     n.
     1 A restriction; a bound beyond which one may not go.
     2 (lb en mathematics) A value to which a sequence converges.
  Equivalently, the common value of the upper limit and the lower limit of
  a sequence: if the upper and lower limits are different, then the
  sequence has no limit (i.e., does not converge).
     3 (lb en mathematics) Any of several abstractions of this concept of
  limit.
     4 (lb en category theory) The cone of a diagram factor through which
  any other cone of that same diagram can factor through uniquely.
     5 (lb en poker) fixed limit.
     6 The final, utmost, or furthest point; the border or edge.
     7 (lb en obsolete) The space or thing defined by limits.
     8 (lb en obsolete) That which terminates a period of time; hence, the
  period itself; the full time or extent.
     9 (lb en obsolete) A restriction; a check or curb; a hindrance.
     10 (lb en logic metaphysics) A determining feature; a distinguishing
  characteristic.
     11 (lb en cycling) The first group of riders to depart in a handicap
  race.
     12 (lb en colloquial as "the limit") A person who is
  exasperating, intolerable, astounding, etc.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To restrict; not to allow to go beyond a certain
  bound, to set boundaries.
     2 (lb en mathematics intransitive) To have a limit in a particular
  set.
     3 (lb en obsolete) To beg, or to exercise functions, within a certain
  limited region.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  limit
     Czech n.
     (l en limit)
     Hungarian n.
     (l en limit) (gloss: the final, utmost, or furthest point)
     Serbo-Croatian n.
     1 boundary
     2 boundary that cannot be surpassed

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  Limit
     German n.
     n limit (gloss: restriction)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  limit
     Czech n.
     (l en limit)
     Hungarian n.
     (l en limit) (gloss: the final, utmost, or furthest point)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  Limit
     German n.
     n limit (gloss: restriction)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  limit
     Tšekki n.
     raja, rajoitus

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  limit
     n.
     (tagg: text=handel) gräns

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Limit
     Tyska n.
     gräns

From Swedish Wiktionary: Swedish language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-sv-2023-07-27 ]


  limit
     n.
     (tagg: text=handel) gräns

From German - English Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:deu-eng ]


  Limit /liːmˈɪt/ 
  bourn , bourne  [obs.]
     Synonyms: Grenze, Ziel

From Deutsch-français FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:deu-fra ]


  Limit /ˈlɪmɪt/ 
  limite
  festgelegter Wert, der nicht überschritten werden darf oder kann

From Deutsch-español FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:deu-spa ]


  Limit /ˈlɪmɪt/ 
  límite
  festgelegter Wert, der nicht überschritten werden darf oder kann

From Deutsch-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:deu-swe ]


  Limit /ˈlɪmɪt/ 
  gräns, begränsning
  festgelegter Wert, der nicht überschritten werden darf oder kann

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  limit /lˈɪmɪt/
  1. begrens, bepaal, beperk
  2. grens

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Limit /lˈɪmɪt/
  الحدّ

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  limit //ˈlɪmt// //ˈlɪmɪt// 
  1. гра́ница
  mathematics: value to which a sequence converges
  2. гра́ница, ограниче́ние, преде́л
  restriction; bound beyond which one may not go

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  limit //ˈlɪmt// //ˈlɪmɪt// 
  огранича́, огранича́вам
  restrict