Limit Limited ˈlɪmɪt Amount Measures Carbon Dioxide Emissions

• measures to limit carbon dioxide emissions from cars
• the amount of money you have to spend will limit your choice.
• families are limited to four free tickets each.
• i've limited myself to 1 000 calories a day to try and lose weight.

limit

1. to stop something from increasing beyond a particular amount or level
• synonym restrict
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• measures to limit carbon dioxide emissions from cars
• The amount of money you have to spend will limit your choice.
2. to restrict or reduce the amount of something that you or somebody can have or use
• Families are limited to four free tickets each.
• I've limited myself to 1 000 calories a day to try and lose weight.

Extra Examples

• As a scientist I refuse to limit myself to these barriers.
• Rigid job descriptions can serve to limit productivity.
• The change in the law was designed to limit the scope for corruption.
• These regulations effectively limit our available strategic choices.
• They are working to limit oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
• Calorie intake is strictly limited to 1 000 a day.
• Campaign spending was limited to a maximum of $500 000.
• Such agreements seek to limit the liability of air carriers.
• There are no regulations which limit the hours which ships’ crews work.
• There is no evidence that the restrictions have limited the effectiveness of the advertising.
• They introduced measures to limit carbon dioxide emissions from cars.
• I’ve limited myself to 1 000 calories a day to try and lose weight.

Verb Forms

• present simple I / you / we / they limit
• he / she / it limits
• past simple limited
• past participle limited
• -ing form limiting

Word Origin

• late Middle English: from Latin limes, limit- ‘boundary, frontier’. The verb is from Latin limitare, from limes.