| limit | (noun) the greatest possible degree of something | Synonyms: bound, boundary |
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| (noun) the boundary of a specific area | Synonyms: demarcation, demarcation line |
| (noun) as far as something can go | - |
| (noun) the greatest amount of something that is possible or allowed | Synonyms: limitation |
| (noun) the mathematical value toward which a function goes as the independent variable approaches infinity | Synonyms: limit point, point of accumulation |
| (noun) final or latest limiting point | Synonyms: terminal point, terminus ad quem |
| (verb) restrict or confine within limits | Synonyms: circumscribe, confine to |
| (verb) place limits on (extent or amount or access) | Synonyms: bound, confine, restrict, throttle, trammel |
| (verb) decide upon or fix definitely | Synonyms: define, determine, fix, set, specify |
| limitation | (noun) an act of limiting or restricting (as by regulation) | Synonyms: restriction |
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| (noun) the quality of being limited or restricted | - |
| (noun) a principle that limits the extent of something | Synonyms: restriction |
| (noun) the greatest amount of something that is possible or allowed | Synonyms: limit |
| (noun) (law) a time period after which suits cannot be brought | - |
| limited | (adjective) small in range or scope | - |
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| (adjective) not unlimited | - |
| (adjective) not excessive | - |
| (adjective) including only a part | - |
| (adjective) mediocre | Synonyms: modified |
| (adjective) subject to limits or subjected to limits | Synonyms: circumscribed |
| (adjective) having a specific function or scope | Synonyms: special |
| (noun) public transport consisting of a fast train or bus that makes only a few scheduled stops | Synonyms: express |
| limitedly | (adverb) in a limited manner | - |
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| limitedness | (noun) The state or characteristic of having certain (often specified) limits placed upon it. | - |
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| limiter | (noun) (electronics) a nonlinear electronic circuit whose output is limited in amplitude; used to limit the instantaneous amplitude of a waveform (to clip off the peaks of a waveform) | Synonyms: clipper |
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| limiting | (adjective) strictly limiting the reference of a modified word or phrase | - |
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| (adjective) restricting the scope or freedom of action | Synonyms: confining, constraining, constrictive, restricting |
| (noun) the grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase | Synonyms: modification, qualifying |
| limitless | (adjective) having no limits in range or scope | Synonyms: unlimited |
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| (adjective) without limits in extent or size or quantity | Synonyms: illimitable, measureless, unmeasured |
| (adjective) seemingly boundless in amount, number, degree, or especially extent | Synonyms: boundless, unbounded |
| limitlessness | (noun) the quality of being infinite; without bound or limit | Synonyms: boundlessness, infiniteness, infinitude, unboundedness |
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