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restrict::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | bound, confine, limit, throttle, trammel |
| Has types | mark off, scant, stiffen, skimp, mark out, reduce, restrain, constrain, crack down, cramp, cumber, tighten, tie, delimit, delimitate, demarcate, draw a line, draw the line, encumber, gate, halter, hamper, clamp down, tighten up, strangle |
| Derivation | restriction, restrictive |
restrict the use of this parking lot.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | curb, curtail, cut back |
| Type of | confine to, limit, circumscribe |
| Has types | immobilise, control, abridge, immobilize, ration |
| Derivation | restriction, restrictive |
Examples of restrict
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The loan limits would restrict the companies to serving middle-class homeowners.
From the online.wsj.com
It must be a matter of secret formats andsoftware designed to restrict the user.
From the guardian.co.uk
Parental controls let you restrict certain channels, movies and shows by rating.
From the usatoday.com
Seventeen states and the district restrict or ban cell phone use by new drivers.
From the denverpost.com
African-Americans should be the first to ban it or to at least restrict its use.
From the philly.com
Folks who normally restrict their eating, tend to overeat in response to stress.
From the cnn.com
She supports a system that would restrict vehicle access to those with a permit.
From the news-journalonline.com
Well Garaboncias, Nixon's party seems destined to restrict or dismantle the EPA.
From the economist.com
Different rules based on where you are and restrict whether you can drive there.
From the economist.com
- Place restrictions on; "curtail drinking in school"
- Place under restrictions; limit access to; "This substance is controlled"
- Place limits on (extent or access); "restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends"
- Qualify: make more specific; "qualify these remarks"
- (restricted) subject to restriction or subjected to restriction; "of restricted importance"
- Restricted in meaning; (as e.g. `man' in `a tall man')
- In the C programming language, as of the C99 standard, restrict is a keyword that can be used in pointer declarations. The restrict keyword is a declaration of intent given by the programmer to the compiler. ...
- (Restrictions (album)) Restrictions is the third and the last album by the original line-up of the American hard rock supergroup Cactus, released in 1971 under the Atco label. ...
- To restrain within bounds; to limit; to confine; as, to restrict worlds to a particular meaning; to restrict a patient to a certain diet; To consider (a function) as defined on a subset of its original domain
