Limit : The limit of a function $f$ for $x$ converging to $x_0$ or $\lim\limits_{x\to 0}f(x)$ is a number $y$ such that for every $\epsilon\gt 0$ there is a $\delta\gt 0$ with $|f(x)-y|\lt\epsilon$ for all $|x-x_0|\lt\delta.$ This means that if $x$ only gets close enough to $x_0$ it will get and stay arbitrarily close to $y.$