Limit
Purpose
Purpose noun - Something that one hopes or intends to accomplish.
How words are described
| known | known limit | known purpose |
| exact | exact limit | exact purpose |
| similar | similar limit | similar purpose |
| normal | normal limit | normal purpose |
| Other adjectives: usual, common, specific, stated, original, initial, single, actual, real, main, practical, new, general, final, apparent, explicit, less, intended, higher. | ||
Common collocations
| ability | limit ability | purpose ability |
Both words in one sentence
- The purpose of an anti-lock brake system is to limit the brakes' strength so that they don't overtake the tires' ability to retain traction with the road.
Source: Power Limiter -
In the original it did, but the item had a time limit that made it tragically useless for his purpose.
Source: And Your Reward Is Clothes -
The use of the relatively-useless "Underwater" materia, which had served no purpose in the Japanese version and only removed a time limit during an optional boss fight in the other releases.
Source: Urban Legend of Zelda
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