noun Download 🔗Share A restriction; a bound beyond which one may not go. Examples : "There are several existing limits to executive power." ability law condition range state Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share 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). Examples : "The sequence of reciprocals has zero as its limit." math Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Any of several abstractions of this concept of limit. Examples : "Category theory defines a very general concept of limit." math abstract science Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The cone of a diagram through which any other cone of that same diagram can factor uniquely. Examples : "The limits of her patience were tested when the children started arguing during the long car ride. " math logic system structure Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Fixed limit. Examples : "The school has strict limits on the number of students allowed in each classroom. " amount math business economy finance Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The final, utmost, or furthest point; the border or edge. Examples : "the limit of a walk, of a town, or of a country" range point place Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The space or thing defined by limits. Examples : "The farmer built a fence to clearly define the limits of his property. " space area thing Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share That which terminates a period of time; hence, the period itself; the full time or extent. Examples : ""The library has limits on how long you can borrow books, usually two weeks." " time period Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A restriction; a check or curb; a hindrance. Examples : "My parents set limits on how much time I can spend playing video games each day. " condition situation ability economy law Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A determining feature; a distinguishing characteristic. Examples : "One of the limits of the small car is that it can only fit two passengers comfortably. " quality aspect thing Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The first group of riders to depart in a handicap race. Examples : ""Because John and Mary were the slowest runners, they started as the limits in the race, giving them a head start." " sport race Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (as "the limit") A person who is exasperating, intolerable, astounding, etc. Examples : "My little brother is just the limits sometimes; he keeps borrowing my things without asking! " character person attitude Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To restrict; not to allow to go beyond a certain bound, to set boundaries. Examples : "The teacher limits the time students can spend on each activity in class. " ability action situation Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To have a limit in a particular set. Examples : "The sequence limits on the point a." amount number math Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To beg, or to exercise functions, within a certain limited region. Examples : "a limiting friar" function action ability law right politics government state range organization system Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading