anointing of the sick extreme unction last rites | a Catholic sacrament, a priest anoints a dying person with oil and prays for salvation |
extreme | the furthest or highest degree of something, he carried it to extremes |
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 |
sensation esthesis aesthesis sense experience sense impression sense datum | an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation, a sensation of touch |
experience | the accumulation of knowledge or skill that results from direct participation in events or activities, a man of experience, experience is the best teacher |
percept perception perceptual experience | the representation of what is perceived, basic component in the formation of a concept |
experience | the content of direct observation or participation in an event, he had a religious experience, he recalled the experience vividly |
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 |
experience | an event as apprehended, a surprising experience, that painful experience certainly got our attention |
near-death experience | the experience of being close to death but surviving |
out-of-body experience | the dissociative experience of observing yourself from an external perspective as though your mind or soul had left and was observing your body |
city limit city limits | the limits of the area occupied by a city or town |
extreme point extreme extremum | the point located farthest from the middle of something |
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 |
reactionary ultraconservative extreme right-winger | an extreme conservative, an opponent of progress or liberalism |
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 |
time limit | a time period within which something must be done or completed |
terminus ad quem terminal point limit | final or latest limiting point |
have experience | undergo, The stocks had a fast run-up |
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 |
know experience live | have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations, I know the feeling!, have you ever known hunger?, I have lived a kind of hell when I was a drug addict, The holocaust survivors have lived a nightmare, I lived through two divorces |
specify set determine define fix limit | decide upon or fix definitely, fix the variables, specify the parameters |
feel experience | undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind, She felt resentful, He felt regret |
experience receive have get | go through (mental or physical states or experiences), get an idea, experience vertigo, get nauseous, receive injuries, have a feeling |
experience see go through | go or live through, We had many trials to go through, he saw action in Viet Nam |
extreme | most distant in any direction, the extreme edge of town |
extreme utmost(a) uttermost(a) | of the greatest possible degree or extent or intensity, extreme cold, extreme caution, extreme pleasure, utmost contempt, to the utmost degree, in the uttermost distress |
extreme | far beyond a norm in quantity or amount or degree, to an utmost degree, an extreme example, extreme temperatures, extreme danger |
extreme | beyond a norm in views or actions, an extreme conservative, an extreme liberal, extreme views on integration, extreme opinions |
to the hilt to the limit | in full, you are in this to the hilt |