Limit

Quick meaning: Limit is a noun meaning A restriction; a bound beyond which one may not go or proceed.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

1. (mathematics) Any of several abstractions of this concept of limit.
2. (category theory) The cone of a diagram through which any other cone of that same diagram can factor uniquely.
3. (poker) Fixed limit.
4. The final, utmost, or furthest point; the border or edge.
5. (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).
6. (obsolete) The space or thing defined by limits.
7. (obsolete) That terminates a period of time; hence, the period itself; the full time or extent.

Example Sentences

Two drinks is my limit tonight.

The sequence of reciprocals has zero as its limit.

There are several existing limits to executive power.

Category theory defines a very general concept of limit.

Word Forms

• limits
• limiting
• limited

Synonyms for limit

Depending on context, synonyms include bound, boundary, limitation, restriction, threshold, rim.

Antonyms for limit

Common opposites include expand, release, derestrict.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include limitation, restrict, restrain, circumscribe, confine, boundary.

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