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I got into cars through my father. He used to work on cars. My job was to hold the light, which pretty much was the limit of my mechanical abilities.
Adam Ferrara

Meaning of "the limit" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF THE LIMIT

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE THE LIMIT

the least
the Lebanon
the Lesser Antilles
the letter
the Levant
the Levellers
the life and soul
the life of Riley
the like
the likes of
the limelight
the Lion
the lion´s share
the Litany
the Little Bear
the Little Corporal
the Little Dipper
the Little Dog
the little woman
the Lizard

WORDS THAT END LIKE THE LIMIT

age limit
cash limit
Chandrasekhar limit
credit limit
delimit
drink-drive limit
Eddington limit
elastic limit
fatigue limit
legal limit
lending limit
limit
overdraft limit
price limit
Roche limit
speed limit
sublimit
three-mile limit
time limit
twelve-mile limit
weight limit

Synonyms and antonyms of the limit in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «THE LIMIT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «the limit» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of the limit

Translation of «the limit» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF THE LIMIT

Find out the translation of the limit to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of the limit from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «the limit» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

极限
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

el límite
570 millions of speakers

English

the limit
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सीमा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الحد
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

предел
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

o limite
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সীমা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

la limite
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Had itu
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

die Grenz
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

リミット
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

한계
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Watesan kasebut
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

giới hạn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

எல்லை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मर्यादा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Sınır
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

il limite
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Termin
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

межа
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

limita
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

το όριο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

die limiet
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

gränsen
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

grensen
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of the limit

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «THE LIMIT»

The term «the limit» is very widely used and occupies the 14.061 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «THE LIMIT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «the limit» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «the limit» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about the limit

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10 QUOTES WITH «THE LIMIT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word the limit.
1
John Desmond Bernal
Anticipation of movement, through muscular innervation and memory, by its retention of nerve impulse images, extend the present to the limit of a second or so.
2
Smedley Butler
The normal profits of a business concern in the United States are six, eight, ten, and sometimes twelve percent. But war-time profits - ah! that is another matter - twenty, sixty, one hundred, three hundred, and even eighteen hundred per cent - the sky is the limit.
3
John Bates Clark
The limit is not as narrow as it might be. I do not claim for this action, as it now goes on, an ideal degree of efficiency. What I do claim is that this type of competition already reveals its nature and its ultimate power to hold seeming monopolies in check.
4
Coolio
I'm still waiting for someone to call me to cater their wedding. But that's gonna cost you. If you want my cousin Jerez to play the sax, that's going to cost you a little more. The sky's the limit after that.
5
Natalie Dormer
There are a lot of parallels between the historical Henry VIII and Jonathan Rhys Meyers. There's an oscillation and extremity of emotion throughout his repertoire that lends itself beautifully to the nature of Henry VIII, definitely. He will push things to the limit, and yet remain in emotional control.
6
Gabby Douglas
I want to do all roles. The sky's the limit.
7
Drew Gilpin Faust
I'd say Harvard graduates leave here with a sense of the possible and the limit - and a sense that there are no limits to what humans can do and that you can always be pushing, whatever limit you think might be there.
8
Adam Ferrara
I got into cars through my father. He used to work on cars. My job was to hold the light, which pretty much was the limit of my mechanical abilities.
9
Guy Finley
The limit of your present understanding is not the limit of your possibilities.
10
Paul Gauguin
Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THE LIMIT»

Discover the use of the limit in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to the limit and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Limit
When his family exceeds its legal debt limit, thirteen-year-old Matt is sent to the Federal Debt Rehabilitation Agency workhouse, where he discovers illicit activities are being carried out using the children who have been placed there.
Kristen Landon, 2011
2
Breaking the Limit: One Woman's Motorcycle Journey Through ...
Recounts the author's experiences while riding a motorcycle from New Jersey to Alaska and back, a journey during which she tested the limits of her endurance and conscience, considered her identity as a family member and an American, and ...
Karen Larsen, 2004
3
Performance at the Limit: Business Lessons from Formula 1 ...
Performance is the central focus of every organization, and yet for many how to achieve this remains unanswered.
Mark Jenkins, Ken Pasternak, Richard West, 2005
4
To the Limit: An Air Cav Huey Pilot in Vietnam
A helicopter pilot's dramatic memoir
Tom A. Johnson, 2006
5
Tested to the Limit: A Genocide Survivor's Story of Pain, ...
"If there is one book you should read on the Rwandan Genocide, this is it.
Consolee Nishimwe, 2012
6
Racecar: Searching for the Limit in Formula SAE
In 2006, a small unavailing university auto racing team began building a racecar that would challenge the best engineering schools in the world.
Matt Brown, 2011
7
Ticket to the Limit: How Passion and Performance Can ...
Energizing, inspiring, and always entertaining, this book will make you cheer for the worlds greatest event--your own wonderful life.
Randy Cohen, 2009
8
Life At The Limit
His account of these is made all the more poignant by the fact that some of the men he has rescued, sometimes at the point of death, have been personal friends.
Sid Watkins, 2013
9
The Limit: Life and Death on the 1961 Grand Prix Circuit
In THE LIMIT, Michael Cannell tells the enthralling story of Phil Hill-a lowly California mechanic who would become the first American-born driver to win the Grand Prix-and, on the fiftieth anniversary of his triumph, brings to life a ...
Michael Cannell, 2011
10
Gender and Culture at the Limit of Rights
The essays address the gender-specific ways in which rights-based protocols have been analyzed, deployed, and legislated in the past and the present and the implications for women and men, adults and children in various social and ...
Dorothy L. Hodgson, 2011

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THE LIMIT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term the limit is used in the context of the following news items.
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New York City Council Passes Bill Lowering the Speed Limit on …
It has taken 50 years, but New York City is reducing the maximum speed on most of its streets to the limit that existed when Checker cabs were in vogue. «New York Times, Oct 14»

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