limit

CEFRB1

/ˈlɪm.ɪt/

noun · verb

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  1. 01

    noun

    The greatest amount or level that is allowed.

  2. 02

    verb

    To control or reduce the amount or extent of something.

Examples

  • There is a limit of two pieces of luggage for each passenger.

  • They imposed a strict spending limit.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /ˈlɪm.ɪʈ/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. 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).

  2. Any of several abstractions of this concept of limit.

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

More examples

In context

  • We should observe the speed limit.

  • There are several existing limits to executive power.

  • Two drinks is my limit tonight.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English limit, from Old French limit, from oblique stem of Latin līmes, līmit- (“a cross-path or balk between fields, hence a boundary, boundary line or wall, any path or road, border, limit”). Displaced native Old English ġemǣre. Doublet of limes.