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limitable Definition


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limit
noun
    1. A point, degree, amount or boundary, especially one which cannot or should not be passed.
      Thesaurus: border, boundary, perimeter, periphery, rim, confine, bound, boundary line; threshold, extent, saturation point, maximum, quota, ceiling, limitation, curb.
    2. A restriction.
    3. stock exchange.
      A predetermined price at which a broker is instructed to buy or sell.
    4. math.
      In calculus: a value that is approached increasingly closely, but never reached.
    5. The boundary or edge of an area.
      Example: city limits
    6. The greatest or smallest extent, degree, etc allowed.
    7. colloq, sometimes facetious
      Someone or something that is intolerable or extremely annoying.
      Form: the limit
verb limited, limiting
    1. To be a limit or boundary to someone or something.
      Thesaurus: bound, confine, circumscribe, demarcate.
    2. To restrict.
      Thesaurus: restrain, restrict, bound, confine, constrain, curb.
Derivative: limitable
adj
    Derivative: limiter
    noun
      Derivative: limitary
      adj
        Idiom: off limits
          Out of bounds.
        Idiom: over the limit
          (of someone who has been driving) registering more than the permitted level of alcohol in the blood;
          Exceeding the legal speed limit.
        Idiom: within limits
          With only a moderate degree of freedom.
        Etymology: 14c: from Latin limes boundary.



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