Thesaurus / limits
FEEDBACKHow to use limits in a sentence
I went out, and found a Mont de Piet, just beyond the limits of the Principality; they aren't allowed inside.
ROSEMARY IN SEARCH OF A FATHERC. N. WILLIAMSONAnd it is quite true that the particular employer can no more break away from these limits than he can jump out of his own skin.
THE UNSOLVED RIDDLE OF SOCIAL JUSTICESTEPHEN LEACOCKChamplain limits this appellation to the tribes that dwell upon the Ottawa.
THE JESUIT RELATIONS AND ALLIED DOCUMENTS, VOL. II: ACADIA, 1612-1614VARIOUSFirst of all comes astronomy, including the phenomena exhibited in the heavens, beyond the limits of the earth's atmosphere.
OUTLINES OF THE EARTH'S HISTORYNATHANIEL SOUTHGATE SHALERWith the telescope somewhere near a hundred million are brought within the limits of vision.
OUTLINES OF THE EARTH'S HISTORYNATHANIEL SOUTHGATE SHALEROf course in the limits of a note to a work like the present it is impossible to discuss so large a question.
BIRDS OF GUERNSEY (1879)CECIL SMITHIt is well in answering a letter of invitation, to state the limits of your visit, and then to keep them.
THE LADIES' BOOK OF ETIQUETTE, AND MANUAL OF POLITENESSFLORENCE HARTLEYWe shall therefore now turn to a description of the portion of the starry world which is found in the limits of our solar system.
OUTLINES OF THE EARTH'S HISTORYNATHANIEL SOUTHGATE SHALERAlso, ownership of vast limits of growing spruce was necessary to the control of the valley.
SCATTERGOOD BAINESCLARENCE BUDINGTON KELLANDIt was thronged with motorists who generally dashed along in sublime disregard of the speed limits.
BRITISH HIGHWAYS AND BYWAYS FROM A MOTOR CARTHOMAS D. MURPHYWORDS RELATED TO LIMITS
- administration
- arbitration
- area
- authority
- bailiwick
- bounds
- circuit
- command
- commission
- compass
- confines
- control
- discretion
- district
- domination
- dominion
- empire
- extent
- field
- hegemony
- influence
- inquisition
- judicature
- limits
- magistracy
- might
- orbit
- power
- prerogative
- province
- purview
- range
- reach
- reign
- right
- rule
- say
- scope
- slot
- sovereignty
- sphere
- stomping grounds
- supervision
- sway
- territory
- turf
- zone
- ambit
- amplitude
- area
- bounds
- circle
- compass
- confines
- diapason
- dimension
- dimensions
- domain
- earshot
- elbowroom
- expanse
- extension
- extensity
- extent
- field
- gamut
- hearing
- ken
- latitude
- leeway
- length
- limits
- magnitude
- matter
- neighborhood
- orbit
- order
- panorama
- parameters
- play
- province
- radius
- reach
- realm
- run
- run of
- scope
- space
- span
- spectrum
- sphere
- spread
- stretch
- sweep
- swing
- territory
- tune
- vicinity
- width
- ambit
- amplitude
- area
- bounds
- circle
- compass
- confines
- diapason
- dimension
- dimensions
- domain
- earshot
- elbowroom
- expanse
- extension
- extensity
- field
- gamut
- hearing
- ken
- latitude
- leeway
- length
- limits
- magnitude
- matter
- neighborhood
- orbit
- order
- panorama
- parameters
- play
- province
- purview
- radius
- reach
- realm
- run
- run of
- scope
- space
- span
- spectrum
- sphere
- spread
- stretch
- sweep
- swing
- territory
- tune
- vicinity
- width
- ambits
- amplitudes
- areas
- circles
- compasses
- confines
- diapasons
- dimensions
- dimensions
- domains
- earshot
- elbowrooms
- expanses
- extensions
- extensities
- fields
- gamuts
- hearings
- ken
- latitudes
- leeway
- lengths
- limits
- magnitudes
- matters
- neighborhoods
- orbits
- orders
- panoramas
- parameters
- plays
- provinces
- purview
- radii
- reaches
- realms
- run ofs
- runs
- scopes
- spaces
- spans
- spectrums
- spheres
- spreads
- stretches
- sweeps
- swings
- territories
- tunes
- vicinities
- widths
- acumen
- apprehension
- argumentation
- bounds
- brain
- brains
- comprehension
- deduction
- dialectics
- discernment
- generalization
- induction
- inference
- intellect
- intellection
- judgment
- limits
- logic
- lucidity
- marbles
- mentality
- mind
- moderation
- propriety
- ratiocination
- rationalism
- rationality
- rationalization
- reasonableness
- reasoning
- saneness
- sanity
- sense
- senses
- sensibleness
- sound mind
- soundness
- speculation
- understanding
- wisdom
- wit
- ball and chain
- bounds
- brake
- catch
- check
- circumscription
- condition
- confinement
- constraint
- containment
- contraction
- control
- cramp
- curb
- custody
- demarcation
- excess baggage
- fine print
- glitch
- grain of salt
- handicap
- hang-up
- inhibition
- limitation
- limits
- lock
- no-no
- qualification
- regulation
- reservation
- restraint
- rule
- small difficulty
- stint
- stipulation
- stricture
- string
- stumbling block
- ball and chains
- brakes
- catches
- checks
- circumscriptions
- conditions
- confinements
- constraints
- containment
- contractions
- controls
- cramps
- curbs
- custodies
- demarcations
- excess baggages
- fine prints
- glitches
- grain of salts
- handicaps
- hang-ups
- inhibitions
- limitations
- limits
- locks
- no-nos
- qualifications
- regulations
- reservations
- restraints
- rules
- small difficulties
- stints
- stipulations
- strictures
- strings
- stumbling blocks
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.