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limit

Latin

boundary, limit

Variants:limitlimes
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From Latin līmes, līmitis — a boundary path between fields, then any frontier or limit. It gives limit (boundary; to restrict), limited (restricted; 'Ltd' in company names), limitation (a restriction; a shortcoming; a legal time bar), and delimit (to mark the boundaries of). The whole family is about edges and how far something may go.

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limit

a restriction or boundary; to restrict or set a maximum

limitation

A restriction or boundary; a shortcoming that reduces effectiveness

delimit

To mark or fix the limits of something

limited

Restricted in size or scope; not extensive