limit: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 7 letter points · starts with L · ends with T
Meaning of limit
noun
A restriction; a bound beyond which one may not go or proceed.
Example: There are several existing limits to executive power.
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).
Example: The sequence of reciprocals has zero as its limit.
Any of several abstractions of this concept of limit.
Example: Category theory defines a very general concept of limit.
The cone of a diagram through which any other cone of that same diagram can factor uniquely.
Listed forms: limits.
Source: Wiktionary — limit.
adj
- not-comparable
Being a fixed limit game.
Source: Wiktionary — limit.
verb
- transitive
To restrict; to circumscribe; not to allow to go beyond a certain bound, to set boundaries.
Example: We need to limit the power of the executive.
- intransitive
To have a limit in a particular set.
Example: The sequence limits on the point a.
- obsolete
To beg, or to exercise functions, within a certain limited region.
Example: a limiting friar
Listed forms: limits, limiting, limited.
Source: Wiktionary — limit.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for limit.
noun
the greatest possible degree of something
noun
final or latest limiting point
- terminus ad quem
- terminal point
noun
the boundary of a specific area
- demarcation
- demarcation line
noun
the mathematical value toward which a function goes as the independent variable approaches infinity
- limit point
- point of accumulation
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is limit in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of limit
L(1) + I(1) + M(3) + I(1) + T(1) = 7 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of limit
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from limit
12 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in limit. Showing up to 24, longest first.