limit

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈlɪm.ɪt/ (South Asia) IPA(key): /ˈlɪm.ɪʈ/, (colloquial) /lɪmʈ/ Rhymes: -ɪmɪt Hyphenation: li‧mit === Etymology 1 === 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. ==== Noun ==== limit (plural limits) A restriction; a bound beyond which one may not go or proceed. 2012 March 6, Dan McCrum, Nicole Bullock and Guy Chazan, Financial Times, “Utility buyout loses power in shale gas revolution”: At the time, there seemed to be no limit to the size of ever-larger private equity deals, with banks falling over each other to arrange financing on generous terms and to invest money from their own private equity arms. (mathematics) 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). (mathematics) Any of several abstractions of this concept of limit. (category theory) The cone of a diagram through which any other cone of that same diagram can factor uniquely. Synonyms: inverse limit, projective limit Hyponyms: terminal object, categorical product, pullback, equalizer, identity morphism (poker) Fixed limit. The final, utmost, or furthest point; the border or edge. (obsolete) The space or thing defined by limits. (obsolete) That terminates a period of time; hence, the period itself; the full time or extent. (obsolete) A restriction; a check or curb; a hindrance. (logic, metaphysics) A determining feature; a distinguishing characteristic. (cycling) The first group of riders to depart in a handicap race. (colloquial, as "the limit") A person who is exasperating, intolerable, astounding, etc. (music) Ellipsis of harmonic limit. ===== Synonyms ===== (restriction): bound, boundary, limitation, restriction, threshold, rim ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== German: Limit ===== Translations ===== ==== Adjective ==== limit (not comparable) (poker) Being a fixed limit game. ==== See also ==== bound function === Etymology 2 === From Middle English limiten, from Old French limiter, from Latin līmitō (“to bound, limit, fix, determine”), from līmes; see noun. ==== Verb ==== limit (third-person singular simple present limits, present participle limiting, simple past and past participle limited) (transitive) To restrict; to circumscribe; not to allow to go beyond a certain bound, to set boundaries. Synonyms: check, straiten; see also Thesaurus:hinder, Thesaurus:curb Antonyms: expand, release (mathematics, intransitive) To have a limit in a particular set. (obsolete) To beg, or to exercise functions, within a certain limited region. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Further reading === “limit”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “limit”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “limit”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. === Anagrams === milit. == Azerbaijani == === Etymology === Borrowed from Russian лими́т (limít), itself from French limite. === Noun === limit (definite accusative limiti, plural limitlər) limit (mathematics) limit ==== Derived terms ==== görkəmli limit (“wonderful limit”) == Czech == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈlɪmɪt] === Noun === limit m inan limit ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “limit”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957 “limit”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989 == Hungarian == === Etymology === From English limit. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈlimit] Hyphenation: li‧mit Rhymes: -it === Noun === limit (plural limitek) limit (the final, utmost, or furthest point) ==== Declension ==== === References === == Indonesian == === Etymology === Internationalism, from Dutch limiet, from Middle Dutch limiten, from Old French limite, from Latin līmes. === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈlimit/ [ˈli.mɪt̪̚] Rhymes: -imit Syllabification: li‧mit === Noun === limit (plural limit-limit) limit: the final, utmost, or furthest point; the border or edge Synonyms: batas, had (mathematics) 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) Synonym: had (Standard Malay) ==== Related terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “limit”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 P. Wayong; Djenen; Tuti (1984), Daftar Istilah Pengetahuan Sosial [Social Sciences Glossary] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, page 69 == Polish == === Etymology === Borrowed from French limite. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈli.mit/ Rhymes: -imit Syllabification: li‧mit === Noun === limit m inan (related adjective limitowy) limit (restriction; bound beyond which one may not go) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “limit”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN “limit”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[3] (in Polish) == Serbo-Croatian == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Limit. === Noun === lìmit m inan (Cyrillic spelling лѝмит) boundary boundary that cannot be surpassed ==== Declension ==== == Sundanese == === Etymology 1 === Compare Javanese ꦭꦶꦩꦶꦠ꧀ (limit, “(of a road) flat and smooth”) ==== Adjective ==== limit (Sundanese script ᮜᮤᮙᮤᮒ᮪) smooth, neat === Etymology 2 === From Indonesian limit. ==== Noun ==== limit (Sundanese script ᮜᮤᮙᮤᮒ᮪) limit border Synonym: wates (mathematics) a value to which a sequence converges === Further reading === "LIMIT", in Coolsma, S (1913), Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij Dudu Prawiraatmaja; Achlan Husen; Sukandi; Ice Sutara Kama Yudibrata (1986), Perkembangan Bahasa Sunda Sesudah Perang Dunia II [Post-WWII Development of the Sundanese Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan == Tagalog == === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈlimit/ [ˈliː.mɪt̪̚] Rhymes: -imit Syllabification: li‧mit === Etymology 1 === Compare Kapampangan limit. ==== Noun ==== limit (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜋᜒᜆ᜔) frequency Synonyms: dalas, kadalasan, kalimitan, pagkamalimit closeness; compactness; density Synonyms: sinsin, kasinsinan ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from English limit, from Middle English limit, from Old French limit, from Latin līmes. Doublet of limite. ==== Noun ==== limit (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜋᜒᜆ᜔) limit (final, utmost, or furthest point; the border or edge) Synonyms: hanggahan, kasukdulan, sukdulan, dulo, lindero limit (restriction; bound beyond which one may not go) Synonyms: hanggahan, takda, limitasyon, lindero, saklaw, sakop, hantungan ===== Related terms ===== === Further reading === “limit”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025 “limit”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018 Panganiban, José Villa (1973), Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 640 San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Vocabulario de lengua tagala. El romance castellano puesto primero. Primera, y segunda parte.‎[4] (overall work in Early Modern Spanish and Classical Tagalog), as directed by Gov. Gen. Juan de Silva, Pila, Laguna: La noble Villa de Pila, por Tomás Pinpin y Domingo Loag. page 38: “Ajuntar) Limit (pp) como rejas o otra [coſa]” page 307: “Eſpeſar) Limit (pp) como rejas o loque ſe hinca” page 307: “Eſpeſo) Limit (pp) como arboles rejas o otra coſa” page 377: “Iunto) Limit (pp) como rejas o otra coſa”