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Meanings of limit in English

Portuguese
fronteira
Catalan
límit
Spanish
raya

The greatest possible degree of something.

        fronteira
        Catalan
        llindar
        Spanish
        límite

        Final or latest limiting point.

              llindar
              Portuguese
              fronteira
              Catalan
              demarcació
              Spanish
              demarcación

              The boundary of a specific area.

                    fronteira
                    Portuguese
                    ponto limite

                    The mathematical value toward which a function goes as the independent variable approaches infinity.

                          ponto limite
                          Usage of limit in English
                          1
                          Rider: Mark Cavendish When: Stage 11 Reason: Finished outside the time limit.
                          The South African
                          2
                          Others limit provision to families in crisis referred by child protection services.
                          The Guardian
                          3
                          The Daily Express offers two weeks for every year worked without limit.
                          The Guardian
                          4
                          I know it's difficult, however, limit yourself to answering the question posed.
                          From dawn to deceit
                          5
                          They're opinion police who wish to limit dissenting thought and free discourse.
                          Ebony
                          6
                          Earlier this month, China's National Health Commission recommended that deliveries limit contact.
                          Reuters
                          7
                          Results: Evidence suggests insurers limit access to trials because of cost concerns.
                          Pubmed
                          8
                          The debt limit applies to all debt held outside of the government.
                          Reuters
                          9
                          In fact, perhaps that's a sufficiently good reason to increase the limit.
                          The Guardian
                          10
                          Freemasonry's problem, however, is that there is a limit to its transparency.
                          The Guardian
                          11
                          MPs later vote to extend the detention time limit to 28 days.
                          The Guardian
                          12
                          The new basic law sets a limit of two four-year presidential terms.
                          Reuters
                          13
                          Such steps, however, can only go so far to limit the damage.
                          Reuters
                          14
                          In return, the groups agreed to limit deadline lawsuits for several years.
                          Reuters
                          15
                          You have a world limit for words you can speak per month.
                          The South African
                          16
                          Critics charge that less competition will increase prices and limit consumer choice.
                          Reuters
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                          Translations for limit
                          Limit through the time
                          Limit across language varieties
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                          Common
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                          Common
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                          Common
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