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{ "term": "limit", "partOfSpeech": "noun", "ox3000": true, "cefr": "b1", "definitions": [ { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "the greatest or smallest amount of something that is allowed", "sensetop": "limit on somethingwithin limitsover the limit", "cefr": "b1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "They **imposed** a strict spending **limit**." }, { "text": "His speed was double the **legal limit**." }, { "text": "Do not **exceed the** recommended **limit **of 6g of salt per day." }, { "text": "The EU has **set** strict **limits** on levels of pollution.", "contextForm": "limit on something" }, { "text": "to keep government spending within acceptable limits", "contextForm": "within limits" }, { "text": "You can't drive—you're over the limit *(= you have drunk more alcohol than is legal when driving)*.", "contextForm": "over the limit" }, { "text": "Banks may import currency without limit." }, { "text": "They called for a limit on the use of pesticides." }, { "text": "Air pollution is in danger of breaching the limits set by the European Union." }, { "text": "If the £145 limit is breached customs can insist on the payment of import duty and VAT." }, { "text": "The package exceeded the weight limit for a normal first-class stamp." }, { "text": "There is an upper limit on spending." }, { "text": "The law placed a limit of 100 years on copyright." }, { "text": "Central government has set a limit on spending by local councils." }, { "text": "Four cups of coffee is my daily limit." }, { "text": "Heat levels rose beyond the recommended limits." }, { "text": "I can offer you $50 but that's my absolute limit." }, { "text": "I don't want to go over my overdraft limit." }, { "text": "Most credit card issuers have set limits on how low rates can go." }, { "text": "The engine was still reading well above normal limits." }, { "text": "The level of radioactivity in the soil was found to be above recommended limits." }, { "text": "The price fell below the lower limit." }, { "text": "The same emission limits apply to all engines." }, { "text": "There's a limit on the number of tickets you can buy." }, { "text": "There's a weight limit on the bridge." }, { "text": "We are forced to operate within relatively narrow limits." } ], "synonyms": "restriction", "collocations": { "adjective": ["outer", "northern", "southern"], "verb + limit": ["have", "approach", "near"], "preposition": [ "above a/the limit", "at a/the limit", "below a/the limit" ] } }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "a point at which something stops being possible or existing", "sensetop": "limit to somethingto the limitwithin the limits of somethingbeyond the limits of something", "cefr": "b1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "She knew the limits of her power." }, { "text": "to **set/define the limits** of something" }, { "text": "to **push/test the limits** of something" }, { "text": "It's a movie that stretches the limits of believability." }, { "text": "His arrogance **knew** *(= had)* **no limits**." }, { "text": "There is a limit to the amount of pain we can bear.", "contextForm": "limit to something" }, { "text": "The team performed to the limit of its capabilities.", "contextForm": "to the limit" }, { "text": "to push/test somebody/something to the limit" }, { "text": "I knew I had **reached my limit** and couldn't do any more." }, { "text": "They've done their best within the limits of their capability.", "contextForm": "within the limits of something" }, { "text": "I saw things beyond the limits of my ability to describe.", "contextForm": "beyond the limits of something" }, { "text": "I was almost at the limits of my patience." }, { "text": "His family business had reached the limits of possible expansion." }, { "text": "Every society defines the limits of acceptable behaviour." }, { "text": "He set very definite limits on what he would reveal about his private life." }, { "text": "Such restrictions would place severe limits on the music's wider cultural relevance." }, { "text": "She is testing the limits of architecture as we know it." }, { "text": "He pushed the limits of what the budget would bear." }, { "text": "Daring art sometimes tests the limits of the legally permissible." }, { "text": "We choose to accept challenges, to take risks, and to stretch limits." }, { "text": "He pushed me to the limit of my abilities." }, { "text": "She wants Zack to be free to explore his limits, experiment and try new things." }, { "text": "The industry was approaching the limits of expansion." }, { "text": "The new law has its limits." }, { "text": "Their designers have pushed the limits of technology in order to create something new." }, { "text": "There's a practical limit to how small a computer can be." }, { "text": "They did well within the limits of their knowledge." }, { "text": "They recognize the limits of conventional strategies." }, { "text": "Our finances have been stretched to the limit." }, { "text": "The managers' skills and expertise were being tested to the limits." }, { "text": "There is no limit to what we can achieve." } ], "collocations": { "adjective": ["outer", "northern", "southern"], "verb + limit": ["have", "approach", "near"], "preposition": [ "above a/the limit", "at a/the limit", "below a/the limit" ] } }, { "senseNumber": 3, "definition": "the furthest edge of an area or a place", "examples": [ { "text": "We were reaching the limits of civilization." }, { "text": "the **city limits** *(= the imaginary line which officially divides the city from the area outside)*" }, { "text": "islands on the outer limit of the continent" }, { "text": "Fishing beyond the twelve-mile limit is not permitted." }, { "text": "There was no school within a limit of ten miles." }, { "text": "Let us wonder what stops at the limits of the universe." }, { "text": "The trees are found only below a limit of 1 500 feet." } ], "collocations": { "adjective": ["outer", "northern", "southern"], "verb + limit": ["have", "approach", "near"], "preposition": [ "above a/the limit", "at a/the limit", "below a/the limit" ] } }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to be extremely annoying", "labels": "(old-fashioned, informal)", "examples": [], "topics": ["Personal qualities"] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to attempt to go beyond what is allowed or thought to be possible", "examples": [ { "text": "We aim to push the boundaries of what we can achieve." }, { "text": "She pushes her physical limits through various endurance challenges." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "there is no limit to what somebody can achieve, earn, do, etc.", "labels": "(informal)", "examples": [ { "text": "With a talent like his, the sky's the limit." } ], "topics": ["Success"] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to some extent", "examples": [ { "text": "I'm willing to help, within limits." }, { "text": "The children can do what they like, within limits." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "without a point at which something has to stop", "examples": [ { "text": "The debt is rising without limit." }, { "text": "She's a free spirit and lives her life without limits." } ] } ], "pronunciations": { "uk": [ { "pronunciation": "/ˈlɪmɪt/", "audio": "li/limit/limit__gb_2.mp3" } ], "us": [ { "pronunciation": "/ˈlɪmɪt/", "audio": "li/limit/limit__us_1.mp3" } ] }, "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Latin limes, limit- ‘boundary, frontier’. The verb is from Latin limitare, from limes." }