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TIME LIMIT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does time limit mean? 

TIME LIMIT (noun)
  The noun TIME LIMIT has 1 sense:

1. a time period within which something must be done or completedplay

  Familiarity information: TIME LIMIT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TIME LIMIT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A time period within which something must be done or completed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Hypernyms ("time limit" is a kind of...):

period; period of time; time period (an amount of time)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "time limit"):

limitation ((law) a time period after which suits cannot be brought)


 Context examples 


The US Pharmacopeia sets a time limit for disintegration.

(Disintegrant Excipient, NCI Thesaurus)

A restriction on the use of a device, medicine or treatment based on time limit parameters set forth by the approver.

(Limitation of Use Based on Duration of Use, NCI Thesaurus)



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