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attention
Noun
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If you pay attention to something, you focus your mind on it.
Pay attention to me when I'm speaking to you.
He waved to draw attention to himself.
She couldn't keep her attention on her books.
limit
Noun
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The limit is the edge of how far something can go. It can go up to the limit but no farther.
This fence is at the limit of my property.
The heater sets a limit to how cold it can be in the house; it can't get colder than that.
There is no limit to what we can do.
limit
Verb
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To make something stay inside a limit.
The fence limits the cows from going out of the field.
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If you limit someone, you reduce or take away their freedom.