Definition of limit
1 a
: something that bounds, restrains, or confines
- the age limit for junior golf
b
: the utmost extent
- pushed her body to the limit
2 a
: a geographic or political boundary
b
limits plural
: the place enclosed within a boundary : bounds
- into the limits of the North they came
- —John Milton
3
: limitation
- the sadness is without limit
- —William Shakespeare
4
: a determining feature or differentia in logic
5
: a prescribed maximum or minimum amount, quantity, or number: such as
a
: the maximum quantity of game or fish that may be taken legally in a specified period
b
: a maximum established for a gambling bet, raise, or payoff
6 a
: a number whose numerical difference from a mathematical function is arbitrarily small for all values of the independent variables that are sufficiently close to but not equal to given prescribed numbers or that are sufficiently large positively or negatively
b
: a number that for an infinite sequence of numbers is such that ultimately each of the remaining terms of the sequence differs from this number by less than any given positive amount
7
: something that is exasperating or intolerable
- We've had bad weather, but this is the limit.
