upper limit
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3.2
- noun
- /ˈʌpər ˈlɪmɪt/
:
límite superior
- He reached the upper limit of his budget when he bought the new laptop.
- upper limit of normal
- set an upper limit
- estimated upper limit
Well, this woman is right up against the upper limit and well, OK.
- Well, this woman is right up against the upper limit and well, OK.
- It's about fiercely enforcing the upper limits on an office holiday grab bag gift.
- And so I ask you, OSHA, can we have an upper limit to the volume of these?
- I put there is no upper limit to people's desire for material wealth.
- There's two in a in a little, you know, can or Tetra pag that you've already met your upper limit just on that soup.
- So you might say that that may not be as closely defined, or we might have a more flexible upper limit.
- A work song, perhaps, or one of the greetings or warnings they emit at the upper limits of our hearing.
- I think unless you are eating oats all day long, day after day, it is almost impossible to reach that safe upper limit.
- Android phones now have different smart charging solutions that tend to slow them down for the amount of charge that goes through towards the upper limit.
- So I get excited when you realize there is such a upper limit of freedom that I have not tapped into.
- OK, It seems will collapse, will collapse, and then you will have this upper limit provided by the black hole.
- I can get my own JWST time, but we know that that is like a lower limit, lower limit, upper limit.
Examples
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For safety, the hospital sets an upper limit on the number of patients in the emergency room.
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What is your upper limit for a Prime subscription?
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There is no upper limit on my costs, nor is there one on my charges.
Fiction book (2000) -
And we continue taking data to keep bringing that upper limit down.
Academic text (1999) -
The supply of resources, particularly oil, is the primary upper limit to production and consumption today.
Blog text (13) -
In practice, this upper limit could be set to any value deemed reasonable.
Academic text (1995) -
Initially, Congress authorized legislation to provide 40% of all special education costs, but this upper limit was never reached.
Academic text (2000) -
There is no fixed upper limit on the sustainable use of biological resources for aesthetic purposes.
Academic text (1990) -
I'm interested in that number because that's going to be the upper limit to any reaction rate.
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Statisticians can calculate that the upper limit of the 95% confidence interval is 3%.
Academic text (1994)
Synonyms
432
1.0
The greatest amount or number allowed
368
2.1
The highest point something reaches, like a mountain or an achievement
132
5.8
A line or limit that shows the edge of an area
110
3.7
An upper limit on the amount or number allowed
95
2.1
The greatest amount allowed or possible
91
4.3
The highest possible amount or level
11
3.7
The top level that something reaches
3
7.2
A number that is as big as or bigger than every number in a set
Antonyms
How High
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'the highest possible or allowed point' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'upper' (situated toward the top) with 'limit' (the highest permissible quantity or degree). This compositional relation is straightforward and cross-linguistically common, so an average B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Upper limit comes from a simple image: imagine a ruler or a measuring cup with a mark at the very top. The part upper means 'top' and limit means 'a line you must not pass', so upper limit means the highest point or amount you are allowed.