limit

Pronunciation: /ˈlɪm.ɪt/

Reading level: medium

Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun the greatest possible degree of something
  2. noun final or latest limiting point
  3. noun as far as something can go

Etymology

From Middle English limit, from Old French limit, from Latin līmes (“a cross-path or balk between fields, hence a boundary, boundary line or wall, any path or road, border, limit”). Displaced native Old English ġemǣre. Doublet of limes.

In classic literature

Synonyms

bound, boundary

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
extent
Narrower (hyponyms)
thermal barrier, starkness, verge, knife-edge, utmost

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