Limits

/ˈlɪmɪts/

Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM

Scrabble:8 ptsWWF:10 pts6 letters

Definition of Limits

noun

  1. A restriction; a bound beyond which one may not go.

    "There are several existing limits to executive power."

  2. 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).

    "The sequence of reciprocals has zero as its limit."

  3. Any of several abstractions of this concept of limit.

    "Category theory defines a very general concept of limit."

  4. The cone of a diagram through which any other cone of that same diagram can factor uniquely.
  5. Fixed limit.

verb

  1. To restrict; not to allow to go beyond a certain bound, to set boundaries.

    "I'm limiting myself to two drinks tonight."

  2. To have a limit in a particular set.

    "The sequence limits on the point a."

  3. To beg, or to exercise functions, within a certain limited region.

    "a limiting friar"

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SYNONYMS

boundboundarylimitationrestrictioninverse limitprojective limit