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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 |