Adjust and Limit

Adjust

Adjust verb - To change (something) so as to make it suitable for a new use or situation.

Limit and adjust are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Limit" instead a verb "Adjust".

Limit

Limit verb - To set bounds or an upper limit for.

Adjust and limit are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Adjust" instead a verb "Limit".

Common collocations

power adjust power limit power
strength adjust strength limit strength
amount adjust amount limit amount
number adjust number limit number
Other words: range, distribution, time, way, speed, level, size, options.

Both words in one sentence

  • Literature / The Neanderthal Parallax Enforced by virtue of living in a segregated society (females all live in the city center, males all live on the rim; the two meet for four days out of every month that they periodically adjust to avoid or encourage fertility, with the latter occurring only once a decade to limit population growth).
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