- (often followed by to)
to confine or keep within certain often specified limits or selected bounds
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re•strict /rɪˈstrɪkt/USA pronunciation
v. [~ + object]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- to keep within limits, as of space, action, amount, etc.:restricted his men to two glasses of water a day.
re•strict
(ri strikt′),USA pronunciation v.t.
re•strict′er, re•stric′tor, n.
- to confine or keep within limits, as of space, action, choice, intensity, or quantity.
- Latin restrictus drawn back, tightened, bound, reserved, origin, originally past participle of restringere to restrain, equivalent. to re- re- + strictus strict
- 1525–35
- curb, circumscribe, abridge, restrain.
- free.
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'restrict' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Fourteenth Amendment
- McCarthyism
- anchor
- ax
- axe
- bind
- bridle
- circumscribe
- conclude
- condition
- confine
- constipate
- control
- cramp
- curtail
- dam
- derestrict
- downzone
- embattled
- en
- enclose
- entail
- gate
- ghettoize
- ground
- hedge
- hobble
- immobilize
- impede
- intern
- ischaemia
- ligament
- limit
- limiting
- localize
- modify
- narrow
- nonrestricted
- nonrestricting
- overfish
- prerestrict
- qualify
- quantize
- ration
- re-strain
- restrain
- restricted
- restricted class
- restricted code
- restricted stock