limit

Everyday

1. A limit is the greatest (or smallest) amount that is allowed or possible: a speed limit. tree →
2. A limit is the edge or end of a place or area: the city limits. tree →
3. To limit something is to keep it to a certain amount: limit screen time. tree →

In the lessons

In maths, a limit is the most you can have: «at most», «up to», «no more than». In everyday life and safety: speed limits on roads, time limits on tests, age limits on rides and games, screen time limits; limits keep people safe. Phrases: speed limit, time limit, age limit, off limits (not allowed), within limits, the sky is the limit (no limit).

Examples

• The speed limit here is 30. tree →
• There is a time limit of one hour for the test. tree →
• Mum limits my screen time. tree →
• The kitchen is off limits during cooking. tree →
• You must be 120 cm tall to go on this ride, that is the height limit. tree →
• I have reached my limit, I cannot eat any more. tree →
• Limit each answer to three sentences. tree →
• With hard work, the sky is the limit. tree →

Note

Countable as a noun. Past: limited (one t). Adjective: limited (small or not much). Maths: «a limit of 5» means 5 or less is allowed; 6 would be over the limit. Speed limits are in km/h in Canada, Australia, NZ and Ireland, but in mph in the USA and UK.

In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: In Sefer Yetzirah the ten sefirot have "no limit", meaning God's creative power has no end. Ain Suph means "without end". In the primary lessons: In maths, a limit is the most you can have: «at most», «up to», «no more than». In everyday life and safety: speed limits on roads, time limits on tests, age limits on rides and games, screen time limits; limits keep people safe. Phrases: speed limit, time limit, age limit, off limits (not allowed), within limits, the sky is the limit (no limit).

Examples

• The highest Crown is Kether, the First Sephira, the first emanation from the Ain Suph Aur, the Limit- less LightC (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
• § 10 The ten digits and zero, their appearance is like light- ning; to their aim there is no limit. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →
• This is in per- fect harmony with the Pythagorean formula that all numbers originated from two elements, the limited (the one, 1,) and the unlimited (the Zero, 0). (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →
• This is the law of the house: upon the top of the mountain the whole limit thereof round about shall be most holy. (Prophets EZK.43.12, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Countable as a noun. Past: limited (one t). Adjective: limited (small or not much). Maths: «a limit of 5» means 5 or less is allowed; 6 would be over the limit. Speed limits are in km/h in Canada, Australia, NZ and Ireland, but in mph in the USA and UK.