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pleasure, fancy, preference: The chef will prepare the steak to
your liking.
limbo n. in limbo. up in the air, consigned to oblivion, in abeyance,
suspended, hanging (fire), neither here nor there, Colloq on
hold, treading water, holding one's breath, US in a holding
pattern, on the shelf, on the back burner: My career is in
limbo till I learn the result of the interview.
limit n. 1 Sometimes, limits. extent, bound(s), end, limitation,
check, curb, restriction, restraint: Is there no limit to how
far you will go to get your own way? 2 Often, limits. border,
edge, end, extent, boundary, bound(s), (boundary or border or
partition) line, frontier, perimeter, periphery: That row of
poplars marks the limit of the property to the east. 3 Often,
limits. area, territory, confines, zone, region, quarter,
district, precinct(s): Stay outside the three-mile limit. We
have jurisdiction only within city limits. 4 the limit. a the
end, the last straw, the straw that broke the camel's back, all
(that) one can take, enough, too much, Colloq it: Your
presumption is the absolute limit - you can't seriously expect
me to lend you money. b outrage, joke, surprise, Colloq caution:
Wasn't Nigel the limit in that hat!?
--v. 5 check, curb, bridle, restrict, restrain, hold in check:
We must limit spending on arms. The shackles limited my
movements. 6 restrict, confine, delimit, narrow, focus, guide,
channel: Please limit your questions to the subject at hand. 7
set, define, determine, fix: The bank manager has limited my
overdraft to half what it was.
limited adj. 1 circumscribed, restricted, fixed, predetermined; small,
little, reduced, minimal: The theatre seats a limited number of
people. She was awarded limited access to the children. 2
narrow, restricted, restrictive, meagre: Few original ideas
presented themselves to his limited imagination.
limitless adj. unrestricted, unrestrained, unconfined, unbounded,
boundless, extensive, vast, immense, enormous, unlimited,
illimitable; interminable, unceasing, incessant, undefined,
immeasurable, innumerable, numberless, countless, myriad,
unending, perpetual, everlasting, eternal: Dickens possessed a
seemingly limitless capacity for characterization. In the