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   limit

   /ˈlɪmɪt/

   noun

   • 1. a point or level beyond which something does not or may not extend or pass: "the success of the coup showed the limits of monarchical power"
   • ▪ the terminal point or boundary of an area or movement: "the city limits" Similar boundaryborderboundary lineboundbounding linepartition linefrontieredgedemarcation lineend pointcut-off pointterminationperimeteroutsideoutlineconfineperipherymarginrimextremityfringethresholdcompassOpposite centre
   • ▪ the furthest extent of one's physical or mental endurance: "Mary Ann tried everyone's patience to the limit" Similar utmostbreaking pointextremitygreatest extentultimateend pointthe bitter endthe last strawthe straw that broke the camel's backenoughmore than enoughinformal:the endit
   • 2. a restriction on the size or amount of something permissible or possible: "an age limit" Similar maximumceilinglimitationupper limitrestrictioncurbcheckcontrolcurtailmentrestraintdamperbrakereinOpposite minimum
   • ▪ a speed limit: "a 30 mph limit"
   • ▪ the maximum concentration of alcohol in the blood that the law allows in the driver of a motor vehicle: "the risk of drinkers inadvertently going over the limit"
   • 3. a point or value which a sequence, function, or sum of a series can be made to approach progressively, until they are as close to it as desired.

   verb

   • 1. set or serve as a limit to: "try to limit the amount you drink"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin limes, limit- ‘boundary, frontier’. The verb is from Latin limitare, from limes.

   Derivatives

   • 1. limitable adjective
   • 2. limitative adjective

   Scrabble Points: 7

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