limit
noun
[ ˈlɪmɪt ]
• a point or level beyond which something does not or may not extend or pass.
• "the failure showed the limits of British power"
• a restriction on the size or amount of something permissible or possible.
• "an age limit"
Similar:
maximum,
ceiling,
limitation,
upper limit,
restriction,
curb,
check,
control,
curtailment,
restraint,
damper,
brake,
rein,
• a point or value which a sequence, function, or sum of a series can be made to approach progressively, until they are as close to it as desired.
limit
verb
• set or serve as a limit to.
• "try to limit the amount you drink"
Similar:
restrict,
curb,
check,
place a limit on,
cap,
keep within bounds,
hold in check,
restrain,
put a brake on,
hold,
freeze,
peg,
regulate,
control,
govern,
delimit,
demarcate,
circumscribe,
ration,
arrest,
bridle,
inhibit,
damp (down),
fetter,
tie down,
trammel,
Opposite:
increase,
allow to grow unchecked,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin limes, limit- ‘boundary, frontier’. The verb is from Latin limitare, from limes .
off limits
• out of bounds.
• "the site was off limits to the public"
