Limit (Noun)
Meaning 1
The greatest amount of something that is possible or allowed; "there are limits on the amount you can bet"; "it is growing rapidly with no limitation in sight".
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Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure.
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Meaning 2
The greatest possible degree of something; "what he did was beyond the bounds of acceptable behavior"; "to the limit of his ability".
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Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.
Examples
- The fire burned to the limit of its fuel, consuming everything in its path.
- The musician pushed herself to the limit of her endurance, playing for hours on end.
- He gave the speech of a lifetime, speaking to the limit of his emotional depth.
- The new policy goes to the limit of what is currently legally possible.
- The athletes were driven to the limit of their physical strength by the grueling training regimen.
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Meaning 4
Final or latest limiting point.
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Nouns denoting time and temporal relations.
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Meaning 5
The boundary of a specific area.
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Nouns denoting spatial position.
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Meaning 6
The mathematical value toward which a function goes as the independent variable approaches infinity.
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Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure.