limit
Noun
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is a type of: extent - the distance or area or volume over which something extendssubtypes:
- knife-edge - a narrow boundary
- absoluteness, starkness, utterness - the quality of being complete or utter or extreme
- heat barrier, thermal barrier - a limit to high speed flight imposed by aerodynamic heating
- level best, maximum, utmost, uttermost - the greatest possible degree
- brink, verge - the limit beyond which something happens or changes
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same as: terminal point, terminus ad quem
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is a type of: extremity - the outermost or farthest region or point
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is a type of: bound, boundary, bounds - the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of somethingsubtypes:
- edge - the outside limit of an object or area or surface; a place farthest away from the center of something
- city limit, city limits - the limits of the area occupied by a city or town
- upper limit - the limit on the upper (or northernmost) side of something
- lower limit - the limit on the lower (or southernmost) side of something
- three-mile limit - the limit of a nation's territorial waters
same as: demarcation, demarcation line -
is a type of: indefinite quantity - an estimated quantitysame as: limit point, point of accumulation
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is a type of: indefinite quantity - an estimated quantitysubtypes:same as: limitation
Verb
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subtypes:
- reduce, tighten - narrow or limit
- tie - limit or restrict to
- gate - restrict (school boys') movement to the dormitory or campus as a means of punishment
- draw a line, draw the line - reasonably object (to) or set a limit (on)
- mark off, mark out - set boundaries to and delimit
- cramp, halter, hamper, strangle - prevent the progress or free movement of
- constrain, stiffen, tighten, tighten up - severely restrict in scope or extent
- clamp down, crack down - repress or suppress (something regarded as undesirable)
- delimit, delimitate, demarcate - set, mark, or draw the boundaries of something
- cumber, encumber, restrain - restrict (someone or something) so as to make free movement difficult
- scant, skimp - limit in quality or quantity
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subtypes:same as: circumscribe, confine to
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is a type of: choose, pick out, select, take - pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternativessubtypes:
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