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UK: /rɪˈstrɪktɪd/ US: /rɪˈstrɪktɪd/ ,(ri strik′tid)

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re•strict•ed /rɪˈstrɪktɪd/   adj. 

1. limited:
   a restricted range of courses.
2. limited to members of a certain group or class:
   a restricted neighborhood.
See -strict-.

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re•strict•ed  (ri strik′tid), adj. 

1. confined;
   limited.
2. Government (of information, a document, etc.)
   • bearing the classification restricted, usually the lowest level of classified information.
   • limited to persons authorized to use information, documents, etc., so classified. Cf. classification (def. 5).
3. Government limited to or admitting only members of a particular group or class:
   a restricted neighborhood; a restricted hotel.

• restrict + -ed² 1820–30

re•strict′ed•ly, adv. 
re•strict′ed•ness, n. 

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restricted / rɪˈstrɪktɪd/ adjective

1. limited or confined
2. not accessible to the general public or (esp US) out of bounds to military personnel
3. denoting or in a zone in which a speed limit or waiting restrictions for vehicles apply

reˈstrictedly adverb

reˈstrictedness noun

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re•strict /rɪˈstrɪkt/   v. [~ + object]

1. to keep within limits, as of space, action, amount, etc.:
   restricted his men to two glasses of water a day.

See -strict-.

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re•strict  (ri strikt′), v.t. 

1. 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

re•strict′er, re•stric′tor, n. 
Synonyms

curb, circumscribe, abridge, restrain.

Antonyms

free.

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restrict / rɪˈstrɪkt/ verb

1. (often followed by to) to confine or keep within certain often specified limits or selected bounds

Etymology: 16th Century: from Latin rēstrictus bound up, from rēstringere; see restrain