Meaning

3 senses

  1. (transitive)To restrict; to circumscribe; not to allow to go beyond a certain bound, to set boundaries.

    We need to limit the power of the executive.

    I'm limiting myself to two drinks tonight.

    befristen, begrenzen, beschränken

    ограни́чиватьograníčivatʹ, ограни́читьograníčitʹ

    обме́жуватиobméžuvaty, обмежо́вуватиobmežóvuvaty, обме́житиobméžyty

  2. (intransitive)To have a limit in a particular set.

    The sequence limits on the point a.

  3. (obsolete)To beg, or to exercise functions, within a certain limited region.

    a limiting friar

More definitions
  • restrict or confine within limits
  • place limits on (extent or amount or access)
  • decide upon or fix definitely

Examples

721 sentences

  1. There is a limit to everything.

    Всьому є край. — Anjy

    ruВсему есть предел. — Keiden

    deAlles hat seine Grenzen. — samueldora

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  2. Don't go above the speed limit.

    Не перевищуй швидкість. — triantafillou

    ruНе превышай скорость. — al_ex_an_der

    deNicht die Höchstgeschwindigkeit überschreiten! — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  3. Don't go over the speed limit.

    Не перевищуй швидкість. — triantafillou

    ruНе превышайте скорость. — odexed

    deNicht die Höchstgeschwindigkeit überschreiten! — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  4. I'll help you within the limits of my ability.

    Я вам допоможу в міру своїх можливостей. — aandrusiak

    ruЯ помогу вам по мере своих возможностей. — ae5s

    deIch werde Ihnen im Rahmen meiner Möglichkeiten helfen. — xtofu80

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  5. There are limits.

    Є обмеження. — deniko

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
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Русский
By meaning 1
restrict:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
restrict:

Origin

From Middle English limiten, from Old French limiter, from Latin līmitō (“to bound, limit,

From Middle English limiten, from Old French limiter, from Latin līmitō (“to bound, limit, fix, determine”), from līmes; see noun.

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Forms

limits, limiting, limited, limited
Base formlimit · to limit
3rd person singularlimits
Present participlelimiting
Past simplelimited
Past participlelimited

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theylimit
he, she, itlimits

Past simpleLesson

all personslimited

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave limited
he, she, ithas limited

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill limit

Synonyms

87 synonyms
checkA2delayB1difficultA1diminishC2interfereB2hamperC2dashB2handicapB2hinderC2hurtA1impairB1impedeC1lessenB1letA1
Close in meaning

Antonyms

2 antonyms
expandB1releaseB1

Word family

6 related words
Relatedlimiterlimitation
Derivedlimitablelimit outprelimitself-limiting

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

Collocations

7 patterns
  • the speed limit
  • speed limit
  • speed limit is
  • city limits
  • is no limit
  • no limit
  • is a limit

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
limelightlimericklimestonelimitationB1limitedB1limitlessC1

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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