limit
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(verb) restrict or confine, as to area, extent, time, etc. |
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Synonyms: circumscribe, confine |
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Related Words: cap, curb, curtail, cut back, decrease, delimit, delimitate, demarcate, keep down, lessen, minify, number, restrict |
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(noun) 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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Synonyms: boundary, bounds |
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Related Words: brink, extent, heat barrier, level best, maximum, thermal barrier, utmost, uttermost, verge |
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(noun) the boundary of a specific area |
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Synonyms: demarcation, demarcation line |
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Related Words: bound, boundary, bounds, city limit, city limits, lower limit, three-mile limit, upper limit |
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(noun) a mathematical value toward which a function goes as the independent variable approaches infinity |
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Synonyms: limit point, point of accumulation |
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Related Words: point, range |
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(noun) as far as something can go |
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Related Words: extremity, maximum, minimum, range, reach |
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(noun) 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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Synonyms: limitation |
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Related Words: cutoff, extremum, indefinite quantity, peak |
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(verb) place under restrictions; limit access to |
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Synonyms: restrict |
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Related Words: check, classify, contain, content, control, curb, hold, hold in, localise, localize, moderate, ration, scant, skimp, taboo |
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(noun) final or latest limiting point |
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Synonyms: terminal point, terminus ad quem |
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Related Words: end, ending |
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(verb) place limits on; "restrict the use of this parking lot" |
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Synonyms: bound, confine, restrain, restrict, throttle, trammel |
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Related Words: baffle, check, clamp down, constrain, contain, control, crack down, cramp, cumber, curb, draw a line, draw the line, encumber, gate, halter, hamper, harness, hold, hold in, inhibit, mark off, mark out, moderate, reduce, regulate, rein, restrain, rule, stiffen, tie, tighten, tighten up |
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