Summary
limit {noun}
beperking · limiet · grens
to limit {verb}
beperken · begrenzen · beknotten · beperkingen opleggen aan
English-Dutch translation for "limit"
"limit" Dutch translation
limit {noun}
According to that decision this limit does not apply to difficult and low-budget films.
In fact, we are asking for a daily ceiling on HGV numbers - a genuinely effective serious limit.
We should like to help protect fish stocks and limit the areas for fisheries.
I am delighted that Parliament looks as if it is going to insist that there is a five-year time limit.
In fact, reducing the demand for prostitution limits or helps limit trafficking of persons for sexual purposes.
The Commission appreciates the support for its originally proposed limit.
In other words, the Commission is not at liberty to exceed the prescribed limit.
I agree with Mrs Jackson when she says that there should be a time limit.
We should set ourselves a limit and try to achieve everything by then.
With regard to ordinary passenger cars, we suggest that the limit is reduced by 2 decibels.
There is a limit to compromise, and one that Mrs Buitenweg has grossly exceeded.
On this matter we have reached the limit of what we, in Europe, can stand.
Of course, there is a limit to how much a small Member State or the Commission can do.
We think that recycling benefits the environment, but there is a limit.
We think that recycling benefits the environment, but there is a limit.
to limit {verb}
to limit [limited|limited] {vb} (also: to abridge, to restrict, to confine, to constrain)
Now mostly tails limit maneuverability, like this human inside this dinosaur suit.
Subsequently, we ourselves must limit the number of speakers on behalf of the group.
I shall, therefore, limit myself to emphasising two or three aspects in greater detail.
The Commission wanted to limit it strictly to places where people go bathing.
It is not therefore realistic to limit this Amsterdam Protocol to three subjects.
to limit [limited|limited] {vb} (also: to abridge, to restrict, to confine, to bound)
The underlying principle was not to wait for cleaner technologies, but to empower a government to limit transport by establishing ceilings.
The only step on the way to a cloned human being on which we have any power left to impose limits is the cloning of embryos.
to limit [limited|limited] {vb} (also: to abridge, to restrict, to confine)
The Union ’ s Member States will not get back on track to achieve healthy growth by now limiting their spending on investment and by cutting European citizens ’ purchasing power.
to limit [limited|limited] {vb} (also: to abridge, to confine, to restrict)
If we limit their overtime we would not be helping them but we would be further nailing them to a cross.
Synonyms
Synonyms (English) for "limit":
© Princeton Universityrestrict · restrain · trammel · bound · confine · throttle · circumscribe · specify · set · determine · define · fix · boundary · demarcation · demarcation line · limitation · limit point · point of accumulation · terminus ad quem · terminal point
Usage examples
Usage examples for "limit" in Dutch
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