limit

Roget category 233

2. Words relating to space
› 2.2. Dimensions
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#233. Limit

noun

limit, boundary, bounds, confine, enclave, term, bourn, verge, curbstone^†, but, pale, reservation — termination, terminus — stint, frontier, precinct, marches — backwoods.
boundary line, landmark — line of demarcation, line of circumvallation^† — pillars of Hercules — Rubicon, turning point — ne plus ultra [Lat.] — sluice, floodgate.

adjective

definite — conterminate^†, conterminable^† — terminal, frontier — bordering.

adverb

thus far, thus far and no further.

phrase

stick to the reservation — go beyond the pale.
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