limit
limit Lexical Profile
limit Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A point or level beyond which something does not or may not extend or pass.
"The marathon pushed her physical endurance to its absolute limit."
A restriction on the size or amount of something permissible or possible.
"Drivers must obey the posted speed limit in residential zones."
The terminal point or boundary of an area or place (usually used in the plural).
"The new warehouse was built just outside the city limits."
A value that a function or sequence approaches as the input or index approaches some specific value (in mathematics).
"In calculus, students learn how to calculate the limit of a function as the variable approaches infinity."
• verb
To set or serve as a restriction on the size, amount, or extent of something.
"The committee decided to limit each speaker to five minutes."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the late 14th century from Old French 'limite', which derives from the Latin 'limes' (genitive 'limitis'), meaning a boundary path or border strip between fields.