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limit [ˈlɪmɪt]1. noun• there is a 60km/h limit on this road la vitesse est limitée à 60 km/h sur cette route• that's the limit! (inf) ça dépasse les bornes !• there are limits! (inf) il y a des limites !• off limits [area, district] d'accès interdit• to limit o.s. to a few remarks se limiter à quelques remarques• to limit o.s. to ten cigarettes a day se limiter à dix cigarettes par jour• the government's attempts to limit unemployment to 2.5 million les efforts du gouvernement pour maintenir le chômage en dessous de la barre des 2,5 millions* * *['lɪmɪt] 1.1) ( boundary) lit, fig limite fto be off limits — Military être interdit d'accès
2) ( legal restriction) limitation f (on sur)2.to be over the limit — ( of alcohol) avoir trop d'alcool dans le sang
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A n1 ( maximum extent) limite f ; there will be no limit to the violence la violence ne connaîtra pas de limites ; it's beyond the limit(s) of my experience cela sort des limites de mon expérience ; to push sb to the limit pousser qn à bout ; he has pushed my patience to the limit ou to its limits il est venu à bout de ma patience ; it's the limit ○ ! ça dépasse les bornes! ; you're the limit ○ ! tu dépasses les bornes! ;2 ( legal restriction) limitation f (on sur) ; public spending limits limitation des dépenses publiques ; speed limit limitation de vitesse ; safety limits limites imposées par les normes de la sécurité ; to be over/under the limit ( of alcohol) avoir trop/ne pas avoir trop d'alcool dans le sang ;3 ( boundary) (of territory, universe, power, science) limite f (of de) ; within the limits of what we can do dans la limite de ce que l'on peut faire ; ‘is it possible?’-‘yes, within limits’ ‘est-ce possible?’-‘oui, dans une certaine limite’ ; to be off limits Mil être interdit d'accès ; the garden is off limits l'accès au jardin est interdit ; my private life is off limits ma vie privée ne vous concerne pas.B vtr ( restrict) limiter [use, imports, actions] ; to be limited to doing se limiter à faire ; spending is limited to two million les dépenses sont limitées à deux millions ; places are limited to 60 le nombre de places est limité à 60.C v refl to limit oneself s'imposer des limites ; to limit oneself to se limiter à [amount, quantity] ; you're limiting yourself by not doing tu te limites trop en ne faisant pas.
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