What does upper limit mean?

upper limit means "the largest possible quantity". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for upper limit?

Close synonyms include maximum. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is upper limit a common word?

upper limit is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

upper limit — meaning, pronunciation and 2 definitions

noun

2 sensesA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
the largest possible quantity
Synonymsmaximum
Broaderextremum large indefinite quantity
2.
the limit on the upper (or northernmost) side of something
Broaderlimit

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What does upper limit mean?: upper limit means "the largest possible quantity". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

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