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/ˈlɪmɪt/ 
| singular | limit |
| plural | limits |
- 1the largest or smallest amount, or the highest or lowest level, of something that is allowed
speed/spending limits
limit on:There are strict limits on presidential power.
limit to:There has to be a fair limit to the level of migration from other countries.
legal limit:He had consumed more than three times the legal limit of alcohol when he drove home.
set/impose a limit:Their inflation rate was above the 3% limit set by the Maastricht Treaty.
Collocations: limit
▪ agreed, legal, lower, prescribed, strict, upper▪ age, speed, time, weight▪ define, extend, impose, introduce, lower, place, put, raise, reduce, set, specify - 2the greatest amount or level of something that is possiblelimit to:
Obviously there is a limit to the amount we can get done in two weeks.
limit of:The competition tested the limits of her ability.
beyond the limit:This area of the ocean has been fished beyond sustainable limits.
stretch/push/drive someone/something to the limit:The children were stretching my patience to the limit.
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