กำหนดลิมิต
gam-nòt lí-mìt
Meanings
1VerbB1
[to] set/define a limit
to specify or decide a maximum, boundary, or cap for something (e.g., price, time, bandwidth, spending)
Examples
พ่อแม่pôr mâeพ่อแม่pôr mâeparentsกำหนดลิมิตgam-nòt lí-mìtกำหนดลิมิตgam-nòt lí-mìt1[to] set/define a limit2[to] impose a capเวลาway-laaเวลาway-laa1time2time; period; occasion3when; at the time (that)4time (classifier) [rare/idiomatic]เล่นเกมlên gemเล่นเกมlên gem[to] play gamesของฉันkŏng chănของฉันkŏng chănmy; mineแค่kâeแค่kâe1only; just2merely; simply (downplaying)3only; just (preposition)วันละwan láวันละwan láper day; each day (rate/frequency)หนึ่งnèungหนึ่งnèung1one (number)2a; one (single)3certain; particular4first; top; foremost5one (with classifier)ชั่วโมงchûua-mohngชั่วโมงchûua-mohng1hour (60 minutes)2classifier: hours of time
My parents set a limit on my game time to just one hour per day.
2VerbB2
[to] impose a cap
to place a formal restriction or ceiling on a quantity or activity
Examples
เทศบาลtâyt-sà-baanเทศบาลtâyt-sà-baan1municipality; municipal government2municipal office3municipalกำหนดลิมิตgam-nòt lí-mìtกำหนดลิมิตgam-nòt lí-mìt1[to] set/define a limit2[to] impose a capความสูงkwaam sŏongความสูงkwaam sŏong1height (vertical measurement)2altitude; elevation3heights; high places (as in ‘fear of heights’)ของkŏngของkŏng1of; belonging to2thing; item; stuff3property; goodsอาคารaa-kaanอาคารaa-kaanbuildingในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)ย่านเมืองเก่าyâan meuuang gàoย่านเมืองเก่าyâan meuuang gàoold town; historic districtไว้wáiไว้wái1[to] keep; save; store2[to] wear; sport (hair/moustache/etc.)3so that; in order to4for later; in reserve5[to] leave (something) as is6[to] set aside; reserveไม่ให้mâi hâiไม่ให้mâi hâi1[to] not allow; not let; forbid2[to] not give; withhold; refuse to give3so that not; in order to preventเกินgernเกินgern1too; excessively; over-2[to] exceed; be more than3beyond; more than (a limit)12เมตรmétเมตรmétmetre; meter (unit of length)
The municipality placed a formal restriction on building height in the old town area, not to exceed 12 meters.
Word Breakdown
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กำหนดลิมิตgam-nòt lí-mìtกำหนดลิมิตgam-nòt lí-mìt[to] set/define a limit