Limit and Regulate

Limit

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

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

Regulate

Regulate verb - Check the emission of (sound).

Limit and regulate are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Limit" instead a verb "Regulate".

Common collocations

power limit power regulate power
strength limit strength regulate strength
progress limit progress regulate progress
amount limit amount regulate amount
Other words: destruction, development, use, way, expression, usage, growth, powers.

Both words in one sentence

  • Bingo machines started off in the United States as a close cousin of pinball machines, but they took off in Belgium in a huge way, to the point that there are plenty of bingo machine addicts there, and the government has had to step in and regulate sales and limit where they can be played.
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