Word Meaning

Meaning of limits

- 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.
- The space or thing defined by limits.
- That which terminates a period of time; hence, the period itself; the full time or extent.
- A restriction; a check; a curb; a hindrance.
- A determining feature; a distinguishing characteristic; a differentia.
- 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.
- 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.
- To beg, or to exercise functions, within a certain limited region; as, a limiting friar.

Crossword clue for limits

- Boundary or edge
- Confine
- Confinement
- Cut down on
- Cut-off point is fifty-one. Almost time to come back
- Demarcation line
- Edge of cap
- Extremity
- Full allowance
- Furthest extent or boundary
- Gambler’s maximum
- In April, I’m itching to draw the line
- Outer edge
- Put restraint on limb, it has to be said
- Restrict
- Restrict or confine
- Restriction
- Skyline
- Confines
- I’m inside rewriting list of rations
- Outer edges
- Restricts
- Restricts boundaries