limit vs out

limit

noun
  • A restriction; a bound beyond which one may not go. 

  • The cone of a diagram through which any other cone of that same diagram can factor uniquely. 

  • A determining feature; a distinguishing characteristic. 

  • Fixed limit. 

  • The final, utmost, or furthest point; the border or edge. 

  • The first group of riders to depart in a handicap race. 

  • A person who is exasperating, intolerable, astounding, etc. 

  • A value to which a sequence converges. Equivalently, the common value of the upper limit and the lower limit of a sequence: if the upper and lower limits are different, then the sequence has no limit (i.e., does not converge). 

  • Any of several abstractions of this concept of limit. 

adj
  • Being a fixed limit game. 

verb
  • To restrict; not to allow to go beyond a certain bound, to set boundaries. 

  • To have a limit in a particular set. 

out

noun
  • A means of exit, escape, reprieve, etc. 

  • A state in which a member of the batting team is removed from play due to the application of various rules of the game such as striking out, hitting a fly ball which is caught by the fielding team before bouncing, etc. 

  • A place or space outside of something; a nook or corner; an angle projecting outward; an open space. 

  • A dismissal; a state in which a member of the batting team finishes his turn at bat, due to the application of various rules of the game, such as the bowler knocking over the batsman's wicket with the ball. 

  • A card which can make a hand a winner. 

  • One who, or that which, is out; especially, one who is out of office. 

prep
  • From from the inside to the outside of; out of. 

adv
  • Away from home or one's usual place. 

  • Away from; at a distance. 

  • Away from the inside, centre or other point of reference. 

  • Into a state of non-operation or non-existence. 

  • So as to be visible in the sky, and not covered by clouds, fog, etc. 

  • Of a player, so as to be disqualified from playing further by some action of a member of the opposing team (such as being stumped in cricket). 

  • To the end; completely. 

  • Outside; not indoors. 

  • Used to intensify or emphasize. 

adj
  • In bloom. 

  • Released, available for purchase, download or other use. 

  • Without; no longer in possession of; not having more 

  • Visible in the sky; not obscured by clouds. 

  • No longer popular or in fashion. 

  • Of the tide, at or near its lowest level. 

  • Containing errors or discrepancies; in error by a stated amount. 

  • Not at home, or not at one's office or place of employment. 

  • Discarded; no longer a possibility. 

  • Open, public; public about or openly acknowledging some (usually specified) identity. 

  • Freed from from secrecy. 

  • Not inside or within something. 

  • Of the ball or other playing implement, falling or passing or being situated outside the bounds of the playing area. 

  • Not available; out of service. 

  • Not having availability of a service, such as power or communications. 

  • Openly acknowledging that one is LGBT+ (gay, trans, etc). 

  • Dismissed from play under the rules of the game. 

  • Not in jail, prison, or captivity; freed from confinement 

  • Not fitted or inserted into something. 

  • school is out tomorrow due to snow; when college is out for the summer, I'll head back to my home state 

  • Temporarily not in operation, or not being attended as usual. 

  • acceptable, permissible 

  • Not shining or burning. 

intj
  • A radio procedure word meaning that the station is finished with its transmission and does not expect a response. 

  • Get out; begone; away! 

verb
  • To reveal (a person) as LGBT+ (gay, trans, etc). 

  • To kill; to snuff out. 

  • To eject; to expel. 

  • To reveal (a person or organization) as having a certain secret, such as a being a secret agent or undercover detective. 

  • To come or go out; to get out or away; to become public, revealed, or apparent. 

  • To reveal (a secret). 

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