2023-06-27 ศัพท์ น่าสับสน ชุด L - limit & delimit
2023-06-27
ศัพท์ น่าสับสน ชุด L - limit & delimit
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Dictionary.com
ออกเสียง limit = ‘LIM-it’
ออกเสียง delimit = ‘dih-LIM-it’
NECTEC’s Lexitron-2 Dictionary
ให้คำแปล limit = N. ขีดจำกัด ขีดสูงสุด Vt. จำกัด
ให้คำแปล delimit = N. จำกัดปริมาณ Vt. จำกัดจำนวน
Dictionary.com
Give definition of Prefix de-
As:
prefix occurring in loanwords from Latin (decide);
also used to indicate
1 privation, removal, and separation (dehumidify),
2 negation (demerit; derange), descent (degrade; deduce),
3 reversal (detract),
4 intensity (decompound).
Dictionary of Problem Words and Expression
limit & delimit
To limit is to restrict, contain, or keep within bounds:
“The chairman will limit each speaker to five minutes.”
“Please limit your expense accounts for the next few weeks.”
To delimit is to mark off boundaries,
to separate by fixing lines:
= (to privation)
“The line of demarcation will delimit the fighting area.”
“A stone wall delimit my property on the south.”
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Choose the Right Synonym for limit
Verb
LIMIT, RESTRICT, CIRCUMSCRIBE, CONFINE
mean to set bounds for.
LIMIT implies setting a point or line
(as in time, space, speed, or degree)
beyond which something cannot or is not permitted to go.
visits are limited to 30 minutes
RESTRICT suggests a narrowing or tightening or restraining within or as if within an encircling boundary.
laws intended to restrict the freedom of the press
CIRCUMSCRIBE stresses a restriction on all sides and by clearly defined boundaries.
the work of the investigating committee was carefully circumscribed
CONFINE suggests severe restraint and a resulting cramping, fettering, or hampering.
our choices were confined by finances
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language
lim′it·a·ble adj.
Synonyms: limit, restrict, confine, circumscribe
These verbs mean to establish or keep within specified bounds.
Limit refers principally to the establishment of a maximum
beyond which a person or thing cannot or may not go:
The Constitution limits the president's term of office to four years.
To restrict is to keep within prescribed limits, as of choice or action:
The sale of alcohol is restricted to people who are 21 and older.
Confine suggests imprisonment, restraint, or impediment:
The children were confined to the nursery.
Circumscribe connotes an encircling or surrounding line
that confines, especially narrowly:
"A man ... should not circumscribe his activity by any inflexible fence of rigid rules" (John Stuart Blackie).
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