"time limit" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: time limits [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} time limit (plural time limits)
  1. A time by which something must be finished. Categories (topical): Time Synonyms: time-limit Derived forms: time limit order, ticket time limit Related terms: time-limited Translations (time by which something must finish): ժամկետ (žamket) (Armenian), 時限 (Chinese Mandarin), 时限 (shíxiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 限期 (xiànqī) (Chinese Mandarin), tähtaeg (Estonian), määräaika (Finnish), limite de temps [feminine] (French), délai (French), Zeitlimit [neuter] (German), وعده (vaʾde) (Ottoman Turkish), termin [masculine] (Polish), prazo (Portuguese), termen [neuter] (Romanian), limită de timp [feminine] (Romanian), timp limită [masculine] (Romanian), plazo [masculine] (Spanish), tiempo límite [masculine] (Spanish), taning (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-time_limit-en-noun-i4XdNszG Disambiguation of Time: 88 12 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 88 12 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 89 11 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 88 12 Disambiguation of 'time by which something must finish': 94 6
  2. A duration beyond which something may not exceed. Translations (maximum duration): ajapiirang (Estonian), aikarajoitus (Finnish), aikaraja (Finnish), Frist [feminine] (German)
    Sense id: en-time_limit-en-noun-vJeiZgoB Disambiguation of 'maximum duration': 21 79

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