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Another word for limit

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Noun

  1. A demarcation point or boundary beyond which something does not extend or occur

    See also:

    edge

  2. Either of the two points at the ends of a spectrum or range

    See also:

    edge

  3. The boundary surrounding a certain area.

    See also:

    limited

  4. Something that limits or restricts

    See also:

    limited

  5. The greatest amount or number allowed

    See also:

    limited

  6. The ultimate point to which an action, thought, discussion, or policy is carried

    See also:

    limited

Verb

  1. To place a limit on

    See also:

    limited

  2. To fix the limits of

    See also:

    limited

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Another word for limit

Noun

  1. The boundary

    See also:

    boundary

  2. The ultimate

    See also:

    purpose

    finality

    end

    Antonyms:

  3. The breaking point

Verb
  1. See also:

    restrict

    define

Synonym Study

  • Confine stresses the restraint or hampering of enclosing limits confined in jail
  • Circumscribe emphasizes more strongly the cutting off or isolation of that which is within the bounds, or a restriction of action within narrow limits he leads the circumscribed life of a monk
  • Restrict implies a boundary that completely encloses and connotes a restraining within these bounds, or a restriction of action within narrow limits the soldier was restricted to the camp area
  • Bound implies an enclosing in boundaries or borders a meadow bounded by hills
  • Limit implies the prescribing of a point in space, time, or extent, beyond which it is impossible or forbidden to go limit your slogan to 25 words
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Sentence Examples

  • We have to limit the strain we place him under or he'll break.

  • There is a certain limit of time in less than which no amount of heat can melt the snow.

  • He drove the speed limit - no more, no less.

  • We agreed to limit our test to one phone call.

  • In 1812 it reaches its extreme limit, Moscow, and then, with remarkable symmetry, a countermovement occurs from east to west, attracting to it, as the first movement had done, the nations of middle Europe.

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