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nounA 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 fresh fruit you can eat in a day.Firefighters are being stretched to the limit as fire sweeps through the state.A limit of a particular kind is the largest or smallest amount of something such as time or money that is allowed because of a rule, law, or decision .The three month time limit will be up in mid-June.The economic affairs minister announced limits on petrol sales.The limit of an area is its boundary or edge....the city limits of Baghdad.The limits of a situation are the facts involved in it which make only some actions or results possible.She has to work within the limits of a fairly tight budget.He outlined the limits of British power.verbIf you limit something, you prevent it from becoming greater than a particular amount or degree.He limited payments on the country's foreign debt.Place numbers are limited to 25 on both tours, so please book early.If you limit yourself to something, or if someone or something limits you, the number of things that you have or do is reduced .It is now accepted that men should limit themselves to 20 units of alcohol a week.Voters cut councillors' pay and limited them to one staff member each.The conditions laid down to me were not too limiting.If something is limited to a particular place or group of people, it exists only in that place, or is had or done only by that group.The protests were not limited to New York.Entry to this prize draw is limited to U.K. residents. B1

word	limit
definition	noun 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 fresh fruit you can eat in a day. Firefighters are being stretched to the limit as fire sweeps through the state. A limit of a particular kind is the largest or smallest amount of something such as time or money that is allowed because of a rule, law, or decision . The three month time limit will be up in mid-June. The economic affairs minister announced limits on petrol sales. The limit of an area is its boundary or edge. ...the city limits of Baghdad. The limits of a situation are the facts involved in it which make only some actions or results possible. She has to work within the limits of a fairly tight budget. He outlined the limits of British power. verb If you limit something, you prevent it from becoming greater than a particular amount or degree. He limited payments on the country's foreign debt. Place numbers are limited to 25 on both tours, so please book early. If you limit yourself to something, or if someone or something limits you, the number of things that you have or do is reduced . It is now accepted that men should limit themselves to 20 units of alcohol a week. Voters cut councillors' pay and limited them to one staff member each. The conditions laid down to me were not too limiting. If something is limited to a particular place or group of people, it exists only in that place, or is had or done only by that group. The protests were not limited to New York. Entry to this prize draw is limited to U.K. residents.
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cefr-level	B1

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