"limit" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈlɪmɪt/, /ˈlɪmɪt/ [India], /ˈlɪmt/ [India] Audio: en-us-limit.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -ɪmɪt 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. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|limit}} Middle English limit, {{der|en|fro|limit}} Old French limit, {{der|en|la|līmes||a cross-path or balk between fields, hence a boundary, boundary line or wall, any path or road, border, limit}} Latin līmes (“a cross-path or balk between fields, hence a boundary, boundary line or wall, any path or road, border, limit”), {{ncog|ang|ġemǣre}} Old English ġemǣre, {{doublet|en|limes}} Doublet of limes Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} limit (not comparable)
  1. (poker) Being a fixed limit game. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Poker Related terms: bound, function
    Sense id: en-limit-en-adj-HqsAMj0a Topics: card-games, poker
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈlɪmɪt/, /ˈlɪmɪt/ [India], /ˈlɪmt/ [India] Audio: en-us-limit.ogg [US] Forms: limits [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪmɪt 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. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|limit}} Middle English limit, {{der|en|fro|limit}} Old French limit, {{der|en|la|līmes||a cross-path or balk between fields, hence a boundary, boundary line or wall, any path or road, border, limit}} Latin līmes (“a cross-path or balk between fields, hence a boundary, boundary line or wall, any path or road, border, limit”), {{ncog|ang|ġemǣre}} Old English ġemǣre, {{doublet|en|limes}} Doublet of limes Head templates: {{en-noun}} limit (plural limits)
  1. A restriction; a bound beyond which one may not go. Translations (restriction; bound beyond which one may not go): kufi [feminine, masculine] (Albanian), cak [masculine] (Albanian), ὅρος (hóros) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), ὅριον (hórion) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), حَدّ (ḥadd) [masculine] (Arabic), սահման (sahman) (Armenian), muga (Basque), мяжа́ (mjažá) [feminine] (Belarusian), лімі́т (limít) [masculine] (Belarusian), гра́ница (gránica) [feminine] (Bulgarian), ограниче́ние (ograničénie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), преде́л (predél) [masculine] (Bulgarian), límit [masculine] (Catalan), سِنور (sinur) (Central Kurdish), 極限 (Chinese Mandarin), 极限 (jíxiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), mez [feminine] (Czech), limit [masculine] (Czech), grænse [common-gender, physical] (Danish), begrænsning (english: what one can handle) [common-gender] (Danish), grens [feminine] (Dutch), limito (Esperanto), piirang (Estonian), piir (Estonian), raja (Finnish), rajoitus (Finnish), limite [feminine] (French), ზღვარი (zɣvari) (Georgian), ლიმიტი (limiṭi) (Georgian), Grenze [feminine] (German), Begrenzer [masculine] (German), όριο (ório) [neuter] (Greek), σύνορο (sýnoro) [neuter] (Greek), सीमा (sīmā) [feminine] (Hindi), határ (Hungarian), limito (Ido), batas (Indonesian), limite [masculine] (Italian), confine [masculine] (Italian), 限度 (gendo) (alt: げんど) (Japanese), 限界 (genkai) (alt: げんかい) (Japanese), リミット (rimitto) (Japanese), wates (Javanese), កំណត់ (kɑmnɑt) (Khmer), 제한 (jehan) (alt: 制限) (Korean), 리미트 (rimiteu) (Korean), limes [masculine] (Latin), terminus [masculine] (Latin), граница (granica) [feminine] (Macedonian), had (Malay), batas (Malay), hinggan [archaic] (Malay), പരിധി (paridhi) (Malayalam), tepe (Maori), tepenga (Maori), хязгаар (xjazgaar) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), хэмжээ (xemžee) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), lînmite [feminine] (Norman), begrensning [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), limit [masculine] (Occitan), ġemǣre [neuter] (Old English), watĕs (Old Javanese), limit [masculine] (Polish), limite [masculine] (Portuguese), limită [feminine] (Romanian), hotar [neuter] (Romanian), преде́л (predél) [masculine] (Russian), лими́т (limít) [masculine] (Russian), грани́ца (graníca) [feminine] (Russian), ограниче́ние (ograničénije) [neuter] (Russian), iomall [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), гра̀ница [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), grànica [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), medza [feminine] (Slovak), limit [masculine] (Slovak), omejitev [feminine] (Slovene), límite [masculine] (Spanish), gräns [common-gender, physical] (Swedish), begränsning (english: what one can handle) [common-gender] (Swedish), హద్దు (haddu) (Telugu), ขีดจำกัด (kìit-jam-gàt) (Thai), kısıtlayıcı (Turkish), sınırlayıcı (Turkish), межа́ (mežá) [feminine] (Ukrainian), лімі́т (limít) [masculine] (Ukrainian), giới hạn (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-limit-en-noun-03FuTP6V Disambiguation of 'restriction; bound beyond which one may not go': 65 4 1 2 1 1 1 2 19 1 1 1
  2. (mathematics) 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). Categories (topical): Mathematics Translations (mathematics: value to which a sequence converges): نِهَايَة (nihāya) [feminine] (Arabic), սահման (sahman) (Armenian), гра́ница (gránica) [feminine] (Bulgarian), limita [feminine] (Czech), grænseværdi [common-gender] (Danish), limiet [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), limeso (Esperanto), raja-arvo (Finnish), limite [feminine] (French), ზღვარი (zɣvari) (Georgian), Grenzwert [masculine] (German), Grenze [feminine] (German), όριο (ório) (Greek), határérték (Hungarian), markgildi [neuter] (Icelandic), limit (Indonesian), limite [masculine] (Italian), លីមីត (liimiit) (Khmer), had (Malay), حد [Jawi] (Malay), хязгаар (xjazgaar) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), grenseverdi [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), حد (hadd) (Persian), granica [feminine] (Polish), limite [masculine] (Portuguese), limită (Romanian), valoare extremă [feminine] (Romanian), graniță [feminine] (Romanian), margine [feminine] (Romanian), преде́л (predél) [masculine] (Russian), limita [feminine] (Slovene), gränsvärde [neuter] (Swedish), limes [neuter] (Swedish), hanggan (Tagalog), hgn. (Tagalog), ҳад (had) (Tajik), حد (Urdu)
    Sense id: en-limit-en-noun-PLBr~JgW Topics: mathematics, sciences Disambiguation of 'mathematics: value to which a sequence converges': 1 49 6 6 2 1 2 19 1 8 3 2
  3. (mathematics) Any of several abstractions of this concept of limit. Categories (topical): Mathematics Translations (mathematics: abstraction of concept of limit): grænseværdi [common-gender] (Danish), raja-arvo (Finnish), Limes [masculine] (German), Grenzwert [masculine] (German), limite [masculine] (Italian), valoare limită [feminine] (Romanian), gränsvärde [neuter] (Swedish), hanggan (Tagalog), hgn. (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-limit-en-noun-p8SGRewk Topics: mathematics, sciences Disambiguation of 'mathematics: abstraction of concept of limit': 3 10 40 12 3 4 1 7 3 13 3 1
  4. (category theory) The cone of a diagram through which any other cone of that same diagram can factor uniquely. Categories (topical): Category theory Synonyms: inverse limit, projective limit Hyponyms: terminal object, categorical product, pullback, equalizer, identity morphism
  5. (poker) Fixed limit. Categories (topical): Poker
    Sense id: en-limit-en-noun-OwQiTk3L Topics: card-games, poker
  6. The final, utmost, or furthest point; the border or edge.
    Sense id: en-limit-en-noun-Bs~mk6n4
  7. (obsolete) The space or thing defined by limits. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-limit-en-noun-9WXZxlhq
  8. (obsolete) That which terminates a period of time; hence, the period itself; the full time or extent. Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): Calculus
    Sense id: en-limit-en-noun-gzCDJLY1 Disambiguation of Calculus: 3 1 15 7 10 3 2 1 22 2 9 5 1 8 5 5 Categories (other): Central Kurdish links with redundant target parameters, English entries with incorrect language header, English links with redundant wikilinks Disambiguation of Central Kurdish links with redundant target parameters: 4 2 13 7 9 4 1 1 39 2 8 6 4 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 1 11 5 6 3 1 1 35 2 7 5 3 11 2 3 Disambiguation of English links with redundant wikilinks: 3 2 13 7 7 4 2 1 36 4 9 6 6
  9. (obsolete) A restriction; a check or curb; a hindrance. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-limit-en-noun-LnUmqQB-
  10. (logic, metaphysics) A determining feature; a distinguishing characteristic. Categories (topical): Logic, Metaphysics
    Sense id: en-limit-en-noun-sqifPAsV Topics: human-sciences, logic, mathematics, philosophy, sciences
  11. (cycling) The first group of riders to depart in a handicap race. Categories (topical): Cycling
    Sense id: en-limit-en-noun-4E47seCT Topics: cycling, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  12. (colloquial, as "the limit") A person who is exasperating, intolerable, astounding, etc. Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-limit-en-noun-pEse1EVa
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (restriction): bound, boundary, limitation, restriction, threshold

Verb

IPA: /ˈlɪmɪt/, /ˈlɪmɪt/ [India], /ˈlɪmt/ [India] Audio: en-us-limit.ogg [US] Forms: limits [present, singular, third-person], limiting [participle, present], limited [participle, past], limited [past]
Rhymes: -ɪmɪt Etymology: From Middle English limiten, from Old French limiter, from Latin līmitō (“to bound, limit, fix, determine”), from līmes; see noun. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|limiten}} Middle English limiten, {{der|en|fro|limiter}} Old French limiter, {{der|en|la|līmitō||to bound, limit, fix, determine}} Latin līmitō (“to bound, limit, fix, determine”), {{m|la|līmes}} līmes Head templates: {{en-verb}} limit (third-person singular simple present limits, present participle limiting, simple past and past participle limited)
  1. (transitive) To restrict; not to allow to go beyond a certain bound, to set boundaries. Tags: transitive Synonyms (restrict): hinder Translations (restrict): ὁρίζω (horízō) (Ancient Greek), حَدَّ (ḥadda) (Arabic), حَدَّدَ (ḥaddada) (Arabic), սահմանափակել (sahmanapʿakel) (Armenian), абмяжо́ўваць (abmjažóŭvacʹ) [imperfective] (Belarusian), абмежава́ць (abmježavácʹ) [perfective] (Belarusian), огранича́вам (ograničávam) [imperfective] (Bulgarian), огранича́ (ograničá) [perfective] (Bulgarian), limitar (Catalan), 制限 (zhìxiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 限制 (xiànzhì) (Chinese Mandarin), omezovat [imperfective] (Czech), omezit [perfective] (Czech), begrænse (Danish), beperken (Dutch), begrenzen (Dutch), limigi (Esperanto), piirama (Estonian), rajoittaa (Finnish), limiter (French), befristen (German), begrenzen (German), beschränken (German), περιορίζω (periorízo) (Greek), הִגְבִּיל (higbíl) (Hebrew), תִּיחֵם \ תִּחֵם (Hebrew), rajata (Ingrian), cum (Irish), teorannaigh (Irish), limitare (Italian), 制限する (seigen suru) (alt: せいげんする) (Japanese), 제한하다 (jehanhada) (Korean), fīniō (Latin), terminō (Latin), cohibeō (Latin), ограничува (ograničuva) [imperfective] (Macedonian), ограничи (ograniči) [perfective] (Macedonian), tārohe (Maori), whakatina (Maori), lînmiter (Norman), begrense (Norwegian Bokmål), limité (Piedmontese), ograniczać [imperfective] (Polish), ograniczyć [perfective] (Polish), limitar (Portuguese), restringir (Portuguese), limita (Romanian), restrânge (Romanian), ограни́чивать (ograníčivatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), ограни́чить (ograníčitʹ) [perfective] (Russian), leemit (Scots), огранича́вати [Cyrillic, imperfective] (Serbo-Croatian), огра̀ничити [Cyrillic, perfective] (Serbo-Croatian), ograničávati [Roman, imperfective] (Serbo-Croatian), ogràničiti [Roman, perfective] (Serbo-Croatian), obmedzovať (Slovak), obmedziť [perfective] (Slovak), ohraničovať [imperfective] (Slovak), ohraničiť [perfective] (Slovak), omejevati [imperfective] (Slovene), omejiti [perfective] (Slovene), limitar (Spanish), begränsa (Swedish), sınırlamak (Turkish), tahdit etmek (Turkish), kısıtlamak (Turkish), обме́жувати (obméžuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), обмежо́вувати (obmežóvuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), обме́жити (obméžyty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), омежува́ти (omežuváty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), hạn chế (alt: 限制) (Vietnamese), giới hạn (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-limit-en-verb-BhUOx-58 Disambiguation of 'restrict': 94 3 3 Disambiguation of 'restrict': 94 3 3
  2. (mathematics, intransitive) To have a limit in a particular set. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Mathematics
    Sense id: en-limit-en-verb-faoN5mHF Topics: mathematics, sciences
  3. (obsolete) To beg, or to exercise functions, within a certain limited region. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-limit-en-verb-rv7pZ-2f
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: self-limiting
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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      "word": "age limit"
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      "word": "Armstrong limit"
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      "word": "Atterberg limit"
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      "word": "Betz limit"
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      "word": "blowdown limit"
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      "word": "Bremermann's limit"
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      "word": "cash limit"
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      "word": "central limit theorem"
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      "word": "Chandrasekhar limit"
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      "word": "Chu-Harrington limit"
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      "word": "city limit(s)"
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      "word": "credit limit"
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      "word": "Deutsch limit"
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      "word": "diffraction limit"
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      "word": "direct limit"
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      "word": "dizzy limit"
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      "word": "Eddington limit"
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      "word": "elastic limit"
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      "word": "Gabrielli-von Kármán limit"
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      "word": "Gabrielli-von Karman limit"
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      "word": "giddy limit"
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      "word": "Greisen-Zatsepin-Kuzmin limit"
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      "word": "GZK limit"
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      "word": "Hayashi limit"
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      "word": "Hayflick limit"
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      "word": "in the limit"
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      "word": "Kármán limit"
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      "word": "Karman limit"
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      "word": "Landauer limit"
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      "word": "limitation"
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      "word": "limit bid"
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      "word": "limit break"
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      "word": "limit cardinal"
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      "word": "limit case"
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      "word": "limit comparison test"
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      "word": "limit cycle"
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      "word": "limit down"
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      "word": "limit inferior"
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      "word": "limitless"
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      "word": "limit of positive stability"
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      "word": "limit order"
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      "word": "limit ordinal"
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      "word": "limit point"
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      "word": "limit situation"
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      "word": "limit superior"
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      "word": "limit up"
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      "word": "lower limit"
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      "word": "McDowell limit"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "McQ limit"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "McQuary limit"
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      "word": "no limit"
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      "word": "outer limit"
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      "word": "pot limit"
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      "word": "push the limit"
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      "word": "quantum limit"
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      "word": "rate limit"
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      "word": "Roche limit"
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    {
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      "word": "Shannon limit"
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      "word": "Shockley-Queisser limit"
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      "word": "sky's-the-limit"
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      "word": "Sparrow's resolution limit"
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      "word": "speed limit"
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      "word": "spread limit"
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      "word": "term-limit"
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      "word": "term limit"
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      "word": "the sky is the limit"
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      "word": "ticket time limit"
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      "word": "to the limit"
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      "word": "unlimited"
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      "word": "upper limit"
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      "word": "von Kármán limit"
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      "word": "von Karman limit"
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        "3": "limit"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English limit",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "limit"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French limit",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "līmes",
        "4": "",
        "5": "a cross-path or balk between fields, hence a boundary, boundary line or wall, any path or road, border, limit"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin līmes (“a cross-path or balk between fields, hence a boundary, boundary line or wall, any path or road, border, limit”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "ġemǣre"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English ġemǣre",
      "name": "ncog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "limes"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of limes",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "limits",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "limit (plural limits)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "There are several existing limits to executive power.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Two drinks is my limit tonight.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012 March 6, Dan McCrum, Nicole Bullock and Guy Chazan, Financial Times, “Utility buyout loses power in shale gas revolution”",
          "text": "At the time, there seemed to be no limit to the size of ever-larger private equity deals, with banks falling over each other to arrange financing on generous terms and to invest money from their own private equity arms."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A restriction; a bound beyond which one may not go."
      ],
      "id": "en-limit-en-noun-03FuTP6V",
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "65 4 1 2 1 1 1 2 19 1 1 1",
          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "kufi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 4 1 2 1 1 1 2 19 1 1 1",
          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "cak"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 4 1 2 1 1 1 2 19 1 1 1",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ḥadd",
          "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "حَدّ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 4 1 2 1 1 1 2 19 1 1 1",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "sahman",
          "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
          "word": "սահման"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 4 1 2 1 1 1 2 19 1 1 1",
          "code": "eu",
          "lang": "Basque",
          "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
          "word": "muga"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 4 1 2 1 1 1 2 19 1 1 1",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "mjažá",
          "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "мяжа́"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 4 1 2 1 1 1 2 19 1 1 1",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "limít",
          "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "лімі́т"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 4 1 2 1 1 1 2 19 1 1 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "gránica",
          "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "гра́ница"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 4 1 2 1 1 1 2 19 1 1 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "ograničénie",
          "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "ограниче́ние"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 4 1 2 1 1 1 2 19 1 1 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "predél",
          "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "преде́л"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 4 1 2 1 1 1 2 19 1 1 1",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "límit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 4 1 2 1 1 1 2 19 1 1 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
          "word": "極限"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 4 1 2 1 1 1 2 19 1 1 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "jíxiàn",
          "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
          "word": "极限"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 4 1 2 1 1 1 2 19 1 1 1",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "mez"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 4 1 2 1 1 1 2 19 1 1 1",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "limit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 4 1 2 1 1 1 2 19 1 1 1",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender",
            "physical"
          ],
          "word": "grænse"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 4 1 2 1 1 1 2 19 1 1 1",
          "code": "da",
          "english": "what one can handle",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "begrænsning"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 4 1 2 1 1 1 2 19 1 1 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "grens"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 4 1 2 1 1 1 2 19 1 1 1",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
          "word": "limito"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 4 1 2 1 1 1 2 19 1 1 1",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
          "word": "piirang"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 4 1 2 1 1 1 2 19 1 1 1",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
          "word": "piir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 4 1 2 1 1 1 2 19 1 1 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
          "word": "raja"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 4 1 2 1 1 1 2 19 1 1 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
          "word": "rajoitus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 4 1 2 1 1 1 2 19 1 1 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "limite"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 4 1 2 1 1 1 2 19 1 1 1",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "zɣvari",
          "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
          "word": "ზღვარი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 4 1 2 1 1 1 2 19 1 1 1",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "limiṭi",
          "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
          "word": "ლიმიტი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 4 1 2 1 1 1 2 19 1 1 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Grenze"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 4 1 2 1 1 1 2 19 1 1 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Begrenzer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 4 1 2 1 1 1 2 19 1 1 1",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "ório",
          "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "όριο"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 4 1 2 1 1 1 2 19 1 1 1",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "sýnoro",
          "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "σύνορο"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 4 1 2 1 1 1 2 19 1 1 1",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "hóros",
          "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ὅρος"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 4 1 2 1 1 1 2 19 1 1 1",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "hórion",
          "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "ὅριον"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 4 1 2 1 1 1 2 19 1 1 1",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "sīmā",
          "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "सीमा"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 4 1 2 1 1 1 2 19 1 1 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
          "word": "határ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 4 1 2 1 1 1 2 19 1 1 1",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
          "word": "limito"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 4 1 2 1 1 1 2 19 1 1 1",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
          "word": "batas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 4 1 2 1 1 1 2 19 1 1 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "limite"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 4 1 2 1 1 1 2 19 1 1 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "confine"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 4 1 2 1 1 1 2 19 1 1 1",
          "alt": "げんど",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "gendo",
          "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
          "word": "限度"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 4 1 2 1 1 1 2 19 1 1 1",
          "alt": "げんかい",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "genkai",
          "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
          "word": "限界"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 4 1 2 1 1 1 2 19 1 1 1",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "rimitto",
          "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
          "word": "リミット"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 4 1 2 1 1 1 2 19 1 1 1",
          "code": "jv",
          "lang": "Javanese",
          "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
          "word": "wates"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 4 1 2 1 1 1 2 19 1 1 1",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "kɑmnɑt",
          "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
          "word": "កំណត់"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 4 1 2 1 1 1 2 19 1 1 1",
          "alt": "制限",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "jehan",
          "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
          "word": "제한"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 4 1 2 1 1 1 2 19 1 1 1",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "rimiteu",
          "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
          "word": "리미트"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 4 1 2 1 1 1 2 19 1 1 1",
          "code": "ckb",
          "lang": "Central Kurdish",
          "roman": "sinur",
          "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
          "word": "سِنور"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 4 1 2 1 1 1 2 19 1 1 1",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "limes"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 4 1 2 1 1 1 2 19 1 1 1",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "terminus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 4 1 2 1 1 1 2 19 1 1 1",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "granica",
          "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "граница"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 4 1 2 1 1 1 2 19 1 1 1",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
          "word": "had"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 4 1 2 1 1 1 2 19 1 1 1",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
          "word": "batas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 4 1 2 1 1 1 2 19 1 1 1",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
          "tags": [
            "archaic"
          ],
          "word": "hinggan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 4 1 2 1 1 1 2 19 1 1 1",
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "paridhi",
          "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
          "word": "പരിധി"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 4 1 2 1 1 1 2 19 1 1 1",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
          "word": "tepe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 4 1 2 1 1 1 2 19 1 1 1",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
          "word": "tepenga"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 4 1 2 1 1 1 2 19 1 1 1",
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "xjazgaar",
          "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "хязгаар"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 4 1 2 1 1 1 2 19 1 1 1",
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "xemžee",
          "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "хэмжээ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 4 1 2 1 1 1 2 19 1 1 1",
          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "lînmite"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 4 1 2 1 1 1 2 19 1 1 1",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "begrensning"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 4 1 2 1 1 1 2 19 1 1 1",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "limit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 4 1 2 1 1 1 2 19 1 1 1",
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "ġemǣre"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 4 1 2 1 1 1 2 19 1 1 1",
          "code": "kaw",
          "lang": "Old Javanese",
          "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
          "word": "watĕs"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 4 1 2 1 1 1 2 19 1 1 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "limit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 4 1 2 1 1 1 2 19 1 1 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "limite"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 4 1 2 1 1 1 2 19 1 1 1",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "limită"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 4 1 2 1 1 1 2 19 1 1 1",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "hotar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 4 1 2 1 1 1 2 19 1 1 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "predél",
          "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "преде́л"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 4 1 2 1 1 1 2 19 1 1 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "limít",
          "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "лими́т"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 4 1 2 1 1 1 2 19 1 1 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "graníca",
          "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "грани́ца"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 4 1 2 1 1 1 2 19 1 1 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ograničénije",
          "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "ограниче́ние"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 4 1 2 1 1 1 2 19 1 1 1",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "iomall"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 4 1 2 1 1 1 2 19 1 1 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "гра̀ница"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 4 1 2 1 1 1 2 19 1 1 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "grànica"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 4 1 2 1 1 1 2 19 1 1 1",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "medza"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 4 1 2 1 1 1 2 19 1 1 1",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "limit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 4 1 2 1 1 1 2 19 1 1 1",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "omejitev"
        },
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      "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "мяжа́"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "limít",
      "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "лімі́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "gránica",
      "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "гра́ница"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ograničénie",
      "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ограниче́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "predél",
      "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "преде́л"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "límit"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
      "word": "極限"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jíxiàn",
      "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
      "word": "极限"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mez"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "limit"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender",
        "physical"
      ],
      "word": "grænse"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "english": "what one can handle",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "begrænsning"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "grens"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
      "word": "limito"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
      "word": "piirang"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
      "word": "piir"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
      "word": "raja"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
      "word": "rajoitus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "limite"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "zɣvari",
      "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
      "word": "ზღვარი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "limiṭi",
      "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
      "word": "ლიმიტი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Grenze"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Begrenzer"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ório",
      "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "όριο"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "sýnoro",
      "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "σύνορο"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "hóros",
      "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ὅρος"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "hórion",
      "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ὅριον"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "sīmā",
      "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "सीमा"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
      "word": "határ"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
      "word": "limito"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
      "word": "batas"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "limite"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "confine"
    },
    {
      "alt": "げんど",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "gendo",
      "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
      "word": "限度"
    },
    {
      "alt": "げんかい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "genkai",
      "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
      "word": "限界"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "rimitto",
      "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
      "word": "リミット"
    },
    {
      "code": "jv",
      "lang": "Javanese",
      "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
      "word": "wates"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "kɑmnɑt",
      "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
      "word": "កំណត់"
    },
    {
      "alt": "制限",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jehan",
      "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
      "word": "제한"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "rimiteu",
      "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
      "word": "리미트"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "sinur",
      "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
      "word": "سِنور"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "limes"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "terminus"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "granica",
      "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "граница"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
      "word": "had"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
      "word": "batas"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "hinggan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "paridhi",
      "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
      "word": "പരിധി"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
      "word": "tepe"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
      "word": "tepenga"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "xjazgaar",
      "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "хязгаар"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "xemžee",
      "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "хэмжээ"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lînmite"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "begrensning"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "limit"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ġemǣre"
    },
    {
      "code": "kaw",
      "lang": "Old Javanese",
      "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
      "word": "watĕs"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "limit"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "limite"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "limită"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "hotar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "predél",
      "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "преде́л"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "limít",
      "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "лими́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "graníca",
      "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "грани́ца"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ograničénije",
      "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ограниче́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "iomall"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "гра̀ница"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "grànica"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "medza"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "limit"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "omejitev"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "límite"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender",
        "physical"
      ],
      "word": "gräns"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "english": "what one can handle",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "begränsning"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "haddu",
      "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
      "word": "హద్దు"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "kìit-jam-gàt",
      "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
      "word": "ขีดจำกัด"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
      "word": "kısıtlayıcı"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
      "word": "sınırlayıcı"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "mežá",
      "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "межа́"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "limít",
      "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "лімі́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "restriction; bound beyond which one may not go",
      "word": "giới hạn"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "nihāya",
      "sense": "mathematics: value to which a sequence converges",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "نِهَايَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "sahman",
      "sense": "mathematics: value to which a sequence converges",
      "word": "սահման"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "gránica",
      "sense": "mathematics: value to which a sequence converges",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "гра́ница"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "mathematics: value to which a sequence converges",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "limita"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "mathematics: value to which a sequence converges",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "grænseværdi"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "mathematics: value to which a sequence converges",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "limiet"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "mathematics: value to which a sequence converges",
      "word": "limeso"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "mathematics: value to which a sequence converges",
      "word": "raja-arvo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "mathematics: value to which a sequence converges",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "limite"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "zɣvari",
      "sense": "mathematics: value to which a sequence converges",
      "word": "ზღვარი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "mathematics: value to which a sequence converges",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Grenzwert"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "mathematics: value to which a sequence converges",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Grenze"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ório",
      "sense": "mathematics: value to which a sequence converges",
      "word": "όριο"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "mathematics: value to which a sequence converges",
      "word": "határérték"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "mathematics: value to which a sequence converges",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "markgildi"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "mathematics: value to which a sequence converges",
      "word": "limit"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "mathematics: value to which a sequence converges",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "limite"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "liimiit",
      "sense": "mathematics: value to which a sequence converges",
      "word": "លីមីត"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "mathematics: value to which a sequence converges",
      "word": "had"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "mathematics: value to which a sequence converges",
      "tags": [
        "Jawi"
      ],
      "word": "حد"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "xjazgaar",
      "sense": "mathematics: value to which a sequence converges",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "хязгаар"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "mathematics: value to which a sequence converges",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "grenseverdi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "hadd",
      "sense": "mathematics: value to which a sequence converges",
      "word": "حد"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "mathematics: value to which a sequence converges",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "granica"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "mathematics: value to which a sequence converges",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "limite"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "mathematics: value to which a sequence converges",
      "word": "limită"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "mathematics: value to which a sequence converges",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "valoare extremă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "mathematics: value to which a sequence converges",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "graniță"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "mathematics: value to which a sequence converges",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "margine"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
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        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "obmedziť"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "restrict",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "ohraničovať"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "restrict",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "ohraničiť"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "restrict",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "omejevati"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "restrict",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "omejiti"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "restrict",
      "word": "limitar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "restrict",
      "word": "begränsa"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "restrict",
      "word": "sınırlamak"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "restrict",
      "word": "tahdit etmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "restrict",
      "word": "kısıtlamak"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "obméžuvaty",
      "sense": "restrict",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "обме́жувати"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "obmežóvuvaty",
      "sense": "restrict",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "обмежо́вувати"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "obméžyty",
      "sense": "restrict",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "обме́жити"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "omežuváty",
      "sense": "restrict",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "омежува́ти"
    },
    {
      "alt": "限制",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "restrict",
      "word": "hạn chế"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "restrict",
      "word": "giới hạn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "limit"
}

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