noun/verb · academic
limit
/ˈlɪmɪt/LI·mit
Band 6-7task2speaking
a point beyond which something cannot go; with -less = without limits or restrictions
Examples
“She pushed the limits of what people expected.”
“limitless potential”
“They felt their freedom was limitless.”
Band 8 sentence
“Technological advances have created seemingly limitless opportunities for innovation, although social and ethical constraints remain.”
Collocations
- limitless potential
- without limits
Word family
limit n/vlimited adjlimiting adjlimitless adjlimitlessness n
Common mistakes
limitless amounts of informations→limitless amounts of information
The student has limitless potentialness→The student has limitless potential
Say it for a higher band
5no limit→6without limit→7+limitless
Synonyms
boundless
endless
Easily confused
endless
“The possibilities felt endless when she began her research.”
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