limit something to something

limit something to something
limit something to something
to restrict something to a limited set, a certain amount, or a specific number of something. •

Please limit your comments to five minutes.

Can you limit your remarks to the subject at hand?


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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  • limit something to something — ˈlimit sth to sb/sth derived usually passive to make sth exist or happen only in a particular place or within a particular group • Violent crime is not limited to big cities. • The teaching of history should not be limited to dates and figures.… …   Useful english dictionary

  • limit something to somebody — ˈlimit sth to sb/sth derived usually passive to make sth exist or happen only in a particular place or within a particular group • Violent crime is not limited to big cities. • The teaching of history should not be limited to dates and figures.… …   Useful english dictionary

  • limit — See price limit, position limit, and variable limit. The CENTER ONLINE Futures Glossary See trading limit. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary A contract s maximum price advance or decline from the previous day s settlement price permitted in one… …   Financial and business terms

  • limit — lim|it1 [ lımıt ] noun count *** 1. ) the largest or smallest amount or the highest or lowest level of something that is allowed: speed/spending limits limit on: There are strict limits on presidential power. limit to: There has to be a fair… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • limit */*/*/ — I UK [ˈlɪmɪt] / US verb [transitive] Word forms limit : present tense I/you/we/they limit he/she/it limits present participle limiting past tense limited past participle limited 1) to prevent a number, amount, or effect from increasing past a… …   English dictionary

  • limit — [[t]lɪ̱mɪt[/t]] ♦♦ limits, limiting, limited 1) N COUNT: usu sing, usu with supp A limit is the greatest amount, extent, or degree of something that is possible. Her love for him was being tested to its limits... There is no limit to how much… …   English dictionary

  • limit*/*/*/ — [ˈlɪmɪt] noun [C] I 1) the greatest amount or level of something that is possible or allowed The speed limit here is forty miles an hour.[/ex] There is a limit to what we can do in two weeks.[/ex] 2) the outer edge of an area No bombs landed… …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • limit — [lim′it] n. [OFr limite < L limes (gen. limitis), border, frontier] 1. the point, line, or edge where something ends or must end; boundary or border beyond which something ceases to be or to be possible 2. [pl.] bounds; boundary lines 3. the… …   English World dictionary

  • limit# — limit n Limit, bound, confine, end, term are comparable when they mean an actual or imaginary line beyond which a thing does not or cannot extend. Limit is the most inclusive of these terms because it carries no necessary implication of number,… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • limit — ► NOUN 1) a point beyond which something does not or may not pass. 2) a restriction on the size or amount of something. 3) the furthest extent of one s endurance. ► VERB (limited, limiting) ▪ set or serve as a limit to. ● …   English terms dictionary

  • limit — 1 / lImit/ noun 1 GREATEST AMOUNT ALLOWED (C) the greatest amount, number, speed etc that is allowed: a 55 mph speed limit (+ to/on): Is there any limit to the amount of time we have? | set a limit (on): attempts to set limits on consumer waste | …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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