limit

/ˈli-mət/

Middle English, from Anglo-French limite, from Latin limit-, limes boundary

noun

  1. something that bounds, restrains, or confines

  2. the utmost extent

  3. a geographic or political boundary

the age limit for junior golf

pushed her body to the limit

verb

  1. to assign certain limits to : prescribe

  2. to restrict the bounds or limits of

  3. to curtail or reduce in quantity or extent

reserved the right to limit use of the land

limit restrict circumscribe confine mean to set bounds for. limit implies setting a point or line (as in time, space, speed, or degree) beyond which something cannot or is not permitted to go. restrict suggests a narrowing or tightening or restraining within or as if within an encircling boundary.

noun

  1. a point that is related to a set of points in such a way that every neighborhood of the point no matter how small contains another point belonging to the set —called also point of accumulation