LIMIT
What does "LIMIT" mean?
A point or boundary beyond which something may not pass.
Meanings
- The greatest or smallest amount, extent, or degree that is allowed or possible. The speed limit on the highway is 100 kilometres an hour.
- A boundary or edge of a region or area. The new houses lie just within the city limits.
- In mathematics, the value a function or sequence approaches as the input approaches some point. The limit of 1/n as n grows without bound is zero. technical
- To restrict or keep within bounds. We need to limit screen time before bed.
Did you know?
- The word shares its Latin root 'limes' with the Roman frontier defenses also called the 'limes' - the fortified borderlines that marked the empire's edge.
Word origin
From Latin 'limes' (genitive 'limitis'), meaning a boundary path, border, or frontier; the same root that named the fortified frontiers of the Roman Empire, the 'limes'.
Remember it
LIMIT shares 'lim' with 'limes', the Roman frontier - a limit is a line you don't cross.
A little poem
The fence is not the enemy of the field;
the limit is the shape the meadow keeps.
couplet
Wordplay
- I asked the calculus teacher how close I could get to passing. He said: approach the limit, but you may never actually reach it.
What it teaches
A limit isn't a wall to resent; it's the edge that gives a thing its shape.
Quick facts
What does LIMIT mean?
A point or boundary beyond which something may not pass.
Is LIMIT a valid word?
Yes — LIMIT is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is LIMIT?
LIMIT has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does LIMIT come from?
From Latin 'limes' (genitive 'limitis'), meaning a boundary path, border, or frontier; the same root that named the fortified frontiers of the Roman Empire, the 'limes'.
What can LIMIT teach us?
A limit isn't a wall to resent; it's the edge that gives a thing its shape.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.