Definitions
1.nounA restriction; a bound beyond which one may not go."There are several existing limits to executive power."
2.nounA 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)."The sequence of reciprocals has zero as its limit."
3.nounAny of several abstractions of this concept of limit."Category theory defines a very general concept of limit."
4.nounThe cone of a diagram through which any other cone of that same diagram can factor uniquely.
5.nounFixed limit.
6.nounThe final, utmost, or furthest point; the border or edge."the limit of a walk, of a town, or of a country"
7.nounThe space or thing defined by limits.
8.nounThat which terminates a period of time; hence, the period itself; the full time or extent.
9.nounA restriction; a check or curb; a hindrance.
10.nounA determining feature; a distinguishing characteristic.
11.nounThe first group of riders to depart in a handicap race.
12.noun(as "the limit") A person who is exasperating, intolerable, astounding, etc.
13.adjectiveBeing a fixed limit game.