speed limit

noun

: the maximum or minimum speed permitted by law in a given area under specified circumstances

Examples of speed limit in a Sentence

The speed limit here is 55 mph.

She got a ticket for breaking the speed limit.

Recent Examples on the Web

In Galt, the city adopted an urgency ordinance late last year setting speed limits and equipment requirements for electric devices and giving police authority to tow them. — Madison Smalstig, Sacbee.com, 7 Oct. 2026

Officials said they will only be activated when a vehicle is traveling 11 miles or more over the speed limit. — Chelsea Hylton, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026

Construction zones proliferated in the area after the January 2025 fires that destroyed local homes and businesses, resulting in reduced speed limits. — Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2026

The new interpretations of the Endangered Species Act remove some of the legal basis for enforcing rules for noisy seismic surveys, speed limits on vessels and restrictions on shipping routes designed to help protect the whales from harm. — Timothy Randhir, The Conversation, 1 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1902, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for speed limit

• delimit

Kids Definition

speed limit

noun

: the highest or lowest speed allowed by law in a certain area