2020-10-30
ศัพท์ น่าสับสน ชุด L - limit & delimit
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Dictionary.com
ออกเสียง limit = ‘LIM-it’
ออกเสียง delimit = ‘dih-LIM-it’
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).
