Verb

Infinitive to limit

Third person singular limits

Simple past limited

Past participle limited

Present participle limiting

to limit (third-person singular simple present limits, present participle limiting, simple past and past participle limited)

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

   We need to limit the power of the executive.

   I'm limiting myself to two drinks tonight.

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

   The sequence limits on the point a.

Synonyms

• (restrict): cap, restrict

A limit can be:

• Limit (mathematics), including:
  • Limit of a function
  • Limit of a sequence
  • One-sided limit
  • Limit superior and limit inferior
  • Limit of a net
  • Limit point
  • Limit (category theory)
  • Direct limit
• A constraint (mathematical, physical, economical, legal, etc.) in the form of an inequality, such as:
  • Chandrasekhar limit
  • Greisen-Zatsepin-Kuzmin limit
  • Budget constraint
  • Speed limit
  • Age of consent
• An extreme value or boundary, such as:
  • High frequency limit
  • A limit order is a type of order to buy a security at no more (or sell at no less) than a specific price on an exchange.
• Other uses, such as:
  • Limit (music) in just intonation
  • In BDSM, limits are activities that a partner feels strongly about, and to which special attention must be paid.
  • limits.h, the header of a general purpose standard library of the C programming language
• The Limit, a 1980s band