Limit

/ˈlɪm.ɪt/ · noun

Meaning

A restriction; a bound beyond which one may not go or proceed..

Definitions by Sense

1. A restriction; a bound beyond which one may not go or proceed.
2. (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. (mathematics) Any of several abstractions of this concept of limit.
4. (category theory) The cone of a diagram through which any other cone of that same diagram can factor uniquely.
5. (poker) Fixed limit.
6. The final, utmost, or furthest point; the border or edge.
7. (obsolete) The space or thing defined by limits.
8. (obsolete) That terminates a period of time; hence, the period itself; the full time or extent.

Example Sentences

There are several existing limits to executive power.

Two drinks is my limit tonight.

At the time, there seemed to be no limit to the size of ever-larger private equity deals, with banks falling over each other to arrange financing on generous terms and to invest money from their own private equity arms.

It is the conductor which communicates to the inhabitants of regions beyond its limit […]

Ever he would wander, selfcompelled, to the extreme limit of his cometary orbit, beyond the fixed stars and variable suns and telescopic planets, astronomical waifs and strays, to the extreme boundary of space […]

No limit / Not none that I can see / No limit / Not one, not one / Not one for you or me / No limit / Well, it can go until eternity, yeah / No limits to our love, girl

The sequence of reciprocals has zero as its limit.

Category theory defines a very general concept of limit.

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• limits
• limiting
• limited

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