limit

/ˈlɪmɪt/

US pronunciation

American sound/ˈlɪmɪt/

limit

Syllables: 2 syllables
Stress: 1st syllable stress
Vowel: Short i vowel
Ending: Clear final sound

li - mit -> limit

Myanmar meaning

(n) စည်း။ နယ်နိမိတ်။ အဆုံးစွန်။ အကန့်အသတ်။ ကန့်သတ်ချက်။

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limit / 'lÇmÇt / n [C]

၁။ စည်း။ နယ်နိမိတ်။ အဆုံးစွန်။
within the city limits ❍ Fishing is forbidden within a twenty-mile limit of the coast. ❍ (fig ) He tried my patience to its limits.
၂။ အကန့်အသတ်။ ကန့်သတ်ချက်။
a speed limit of 70 mph ❍ There’s a limit to how much I’m prepared to spend. ❍ You can’t drive —you’re over the limit (ie you have drunk too much alcohol).
v ~ oneself / sb/ sth (to sth) ကန့်သတ်သည်။ အကန့်အသတ် ထားသည်။
I shall limit myself to 1500 calories per day (ie in what I eat and drink). ❍ Your choice will be limited by the amount you have to spend.
❏ be the limit [IDM ] (infml ) သည်းမခံနိုင်လောက်သော အခြေအနေ။ You really are the (absolute) limit! ❍ Another rail strike — isn’t that the limit!
❏ limited adj အကန့်အသတ်ရှိသော။ နည်းပါးသော။ အနည်းအကျဉ်း။ Only a limited number of places are available. ❍ His intelligence is rather limited.
❏ limited company (also limited liability company ) n (Brit ) တာဝန်ယူမှု ကန့်သတ်ထားသည့် ကုမ္ပဏီ။ See also LTD
❏ limited edition n အရေအတွက် ကန့်သတ် ထုတ်ဝေခြင်း။
❏ limiting adj ကန့်သတ်သော။ အကန့်အသတ် ဖြစ်စေသော။ Lack of cash is a limiting factor.
❏ limitless adj အတိုင်းအဆ မရှိသော။ အကန့်အသတ် မရှိ သော။ အတောမသတ်သော။ limitless ambition / greed / wealth.
❏ off limits (US ) = OUT OF BOUNDS (BOUNDS)
❏ within limits [IDM ] အတိုင်းအဆ၊ အကန့်အသတ်ဘောင် အတွင်း။ တစ်စုံတစ်ရာ အတိုင်းအတာအတွင်း။ I’m willing to help, withing limits.

More examples

The hospital limits the number of visitors a patient can have.
The residents’ main demand is to limit the amount of heavy traffic using the street.
The regulations are designed to limit environmental damage.
[limit something to something] : The prime minister has pledged to limit classes to a maximum of 30 pupils.
Lack of adequate testing limits the effectiveness of the research.
[limit someone to something] : Our remit limits us to recommendations concerning the law of insolvency.
[limit someone to something] : Most people limit themselves to a few techniques that work best for them.
[be limited by something] : They were limited by the amount of money they could spend on the production.
[be limited to] : NATO officials said that the air strikes were limited to military targets.
The right to vote was limited to heads of households and married women.

Synonyms

boundary, bound, border, edge, perimeter, frontier, absolute, appoint, assign, bar, bitter end, borderland, bottle up, bottom line, bounds, bourne, breaking point, brim, brink, cap, ceiling, check, circumscribe, circumscription, compass, conclusion, confine, confinement, confines, constrain, constraint, constrict, contract, control, cork, cramp, curb, cutoff point, deadline, define, delimit, delimitate, demarcate, destination, draw the line, end, end point, extent, extreme, extremity, far out, farthest point, farthest reach, fence, finality, fix, goal, greatest extent, hem in, hinder, inhibit, keep a tight rein on, keep the lid on, lessen, limitation, margin, maximum, maximum value, narrow, obstruction, periphery, physical boundary, precinct, prescribe, purlieu, ration, reduce, regulate, restrain, restraint, restrict, restriction, rim, set, specify, termination, the max, the most, threshold, tops, ultimate, utmost, verge

Antonyms

aid, allow, assist, beginning, center, commencement, deregulate, encourage, expand, extend, free, freedom, help, increase, infinity, inside, interior, let go, liberate, liberation, limitlessness, middle, minimum, open, opening, permit, raise, release, start, strengthen, unbound