English

Pronunciation
IPA|/�lɪmɪt/, SAMPA|/"lImIt/
audio|en-us-limit.ogg|Audio (US)
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ɪmɪt|-ɪmɪt

Transitive verb
rfc-trverb|Transitive verb
en-verb

1. To restrict; not to allow to go beyond a certain bound.

#: We need to limit the power of the executive.
#: I'm limiting myself to two drinks tonight.

Synonyms
(restrict): cap, restrict

Translations
Finnish: t+|fi|rajoittaa
Scots: leemit
Slovene: omejiti
Spanish: t-|es|limitar
Swedish: begränsa

Noun
limit (plural: limits)

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

#: There are several existing limits to executive power.
#: Two drinks is my limit tonight.

1. math A value to which a sequence converges.

#: The sequence of reciprocals has zero as its limit.

1. math Any of several abstractions of this concept of limit.

#: Category theory defines a very general concept of limit.

1. poker Short for fixed limit.

Synonyms
(restriction): bound, boundary, limitation, restriction

Translations
trans-top|boundary
Albanian: kufi f and m, cak m
Croatian: t+|hr|granica|f
Czech: t-|cs|mez|f, t-|cs|limit|m
Finnish: rajoitus, raja
French: t+|fr|limite|f
German: t+|de|Grenze|f
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Hungarian: t+|hu|határ
Ido: limito
Italian: t+|it|limite|m
Kurdish:
:Sorani: t|ku|س��ر|trsinoor|scKUchar
Romanian: hotar f and m
Slovene: omejitev f
Spanish: t-|es|límite|m
Swedish: gräns c (physical), begränsning c (what one can handle)
Telugu: హద�ద� (haddu}
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trans-top|mathematics: value to which a sequence converges
Finnish: t-|fi|raja-arvo
French: t+|fr|limite|f
German: Grenzwert m, Grenze f
trans-mid
Italian: t+|it|limite|m
Slovene: t-|sl|limita|f
Swedish: t+|sv|gränsvärde|n
trans-bottom

trans-top|mathematics: abstraction of this concept of limit
German: Limes m, Grenzwert m
trans-mid
Swedish: t+|sv|gränsvärde|n
trans-bottom

Adjective
en-adj|-

1. poker Being a fixed limit game.

Derived terms
top2
age limit
central limit theorem
city limits
elastic limit
in the limit
limit down
limit up
limitation
mid2
limitless
lower limit<!--mathematics-->
outer limit
to the limit
time limit
unlimited
upper limit<!--mathematics-->
bottom2

See also
bound
function

Category:1000 English basic words

Croatian

Etymology
From G.|hr term|Limit|lang=de.

Noun
hr-noun|m

1. boundary
2. boundary that cannot be surpassed

Czech

Pronunciation
audio|Cs-limit.ogg|audio

Noun
limit m

1. #English|limit

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• 2007-11-27 09:15 - DerbethBot - added audio Cs-limit.ogg; added missing pron. section

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