English Explanatory Dictionary

restrict

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To restrain within boundaries; to limit; to confine
  2. To consider (a function) as defined on a subset of its original domain.
adj
  1. Restricted.

Pronunciation

/ɹɪˈstɹɪkt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-restrict.wav

Word forms

restrict restricts restricting restricted more restrict most restrict

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin restrictus, perfect passive participle of restringō (“draw back tightly; restrain, restrict”), from re- (“back, again”) + stringō (“press, tighten, compress”). Doublet of ristretto as an adjective.

Synonyms

limit bound circumscribe withstrain restrain repress curb coerce quarantine

Related words

restriction restraint restrain

Derived words

derestrict overrestrict restrictable restrictase restrictee restrictive restrictor restrictory unrestrict
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