| endurance riding | riding for long hours over long distances |
marathon
endurance contest | any long and arduous undertaking |
| endurance | the power to withstand hardship or stress, the marathon tests a runner's endurance |
limit
bound
boundary | the greatest possible degree of something, what he did was beyond the bounds of acceptable behavior, to the limit of his ability |
| age limit | regulation establishing the maximum age for doing something or holding some position |
| speed limit | regulation establishing the top speed permitted on a given road |
city limit
city limits | the limits of the area occupied by a city or town |
limit
demarcation
demarcation line | the boundary of a specific area |
| upper limit | the limit on the upper (or northernmost) side of something |
| lower limit | the limit on the lower (or southernmost) side of something |
| limit | as far as something can go |
| three-mile limit | the limit of a nation's territorial waters |
debt limit
debt ceiling | the maximum borrowing power of a governmental entity |
limit
limitation | the greatest amount of something that is possible or allowed, there are limits on the amount you can bet, it is growing rapidly with no limitation in sight |
limit limit point
point of accumulation | the mathematical value toward which a function goes as the independent variable approaches infinity |
minimum
lower limit | the smallest possible quantity |
maximum
upper limit | the largest possible quantity |
survival
endurance | a state of surviving, remaining alive |
| time limit | a time period within which something must be done or completed |
terminus ad quem
terminal point
limit | final or latest limiting point |
restrict
restrain
trammel
limit bound
confine
throttle | place limits on (extent or access), restrict the use of this parking lot, limit the time you can spend with your friends |
limit
circumscribe
confine | restrict or confine, I limit you to two visits to the pub a day |
specify set
determine define fix limit | decide upon or fix definitely, fix the variables, specify the parameters |
to the hilt
to the limit | in full, you are in this to the hilt |