limit

noun
li·mit
/ˈlɪm.ɪt/

A restriction; a bound beyond which one may not go or proceed.

Example

“There are several existing limits to executive power.”

Other meanings

A value to which a sequence converges. Equivalently, the common value of the upper limit and the lower limit of a sequence: if the upper and lower limits are different, then the sequence has no limit (i.e., does not converge).
“The sequence of reciprocals has zero as its limit.”
Any of several abstractions of this concept of limit.
“Category theory defines a very general concept of limit.”

Example sentences

“Is there a limit to human ambition?”
Tatoeba · Igider · CC0
“You're over the legal limit.”
Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0
“We all have our limits.”
Tatoeba · Miktsoanit · CC0

Word history

From Latin "līmes".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “limit” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.