limit

limit is a 5-letter English word with 17 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: That which terminates, circumscribes, restrains, or confines; the bound, border, or edge; the utmost extent; as, the limit of a walk, of a town, of a country; the limits of human knowledge or endeavor. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 9 · 17 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. That which terminates, circumscribes, restrains, or confines; the bound, border, or edge; the utmost extent; as, the limit of a walk, of a town, of a country; the limits of human knowledge or endeavor.
2. transitive verb. The space or thing defined by limits.
3. transitive verb. That which terminates a period of time; hence, the period itself; the full time or extent.
4. transitive verb. A restriction; a check; a curb; a hindrance.
5. transitive verb. A determining feature; a distinguishing characteristic; a differentia.
6. transitive verb. A determinate quantity, to which a variable one continually approaches, and may differ from it by less than any given difference, but to which, under the law of variation, the variable can never become exactly equivalent.
7. transitive verb. To apply a limit to, or set a limit for; to terminate, circumscribe, or restrict, by a limit or limits; as, to limit the acreage of a crop; to limit the issue of paper money; to limit one's ambitions or aspirations; to limit the meaning of a word.
8. intransitive verb. To beg, or to exercise functions, within a certain limited region; as, a limiting friar.
9. noun. the greatest possible degree of something

   "what he did was beyond the bounds of acceptable behavior"

   "to the limit of his ability"

   Synonyms: bound, boundary

10. noun. the boundary of a specific area

    Synonyms: demarcation

11. noun. as far as something can go
12. noun. the greatest amount of something that is possible or allowed

    "there are limits on the amount you can bet"

    "it is growing rapidly with no limitation in sight"

    Synonyms: limitation

13. noun. the mathematical value toward which a function goes as the independent variable approaches infinity
14. noun. final or latest limiting point
15. verb. place limits on (extent or access)

    "restrict the use of this parking lot"

    "limit the time you can spend with your friends"

    Synonyms: bound, confine, restrain, restrict, throttle, trammel

16. verb. restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day"

    Synonyms: circumscribe, confine

17. verb. decide upon or fix definitely

    "fix the variables"

    "specify the parameters"

    Synonyms: define, determine, fix, set, specify

Synonyms

bound, boundary, demarcation, limitation, confine, restrain, restrict, throttle, trammel, circumscribe, define, determine, fix, set, specify

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in limit:

milit

Common word forms

limits, limital, limited, limiter, limites, limiting, limitable, limitless

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