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limit

The correct spelling is limit.

How to pronounce limit

/ˈlɪmt/
noun

IPA: /ˈlɪmt/

Say it like: Lim-it

The correct spelling is limit. A restriction; a bound beyond which one may not go. For example: "There are several existing limits to executive power."

Usage Examples

There are several existing limits to executive power.

The sequence of reciprocals has zero as its limit.

Category theory defines a very general concept of limit.

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.A restriction; a bound beyond which one may not go.
  2. 2.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).
  3. 3.Any of several abstractions of this concept of limit.
  4. 4.The cone of a diagram through which any other cone of that same diagram can factor uniquely.
  5. 5.Fixed limit.

adjective

  1. 1.Being a fixed limit game.

verb

  1. 1.To restrict; not to allow to go beyond a certain bound, to set boundaries.
  2. 2.To have a limit in a particular set.
  3. 3.To beg, or to exercise functions, within a certain limited region.

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