restrict
Use Restrict in a sentence
verb (used with object)
to confine or keep within limits, as of space, action, choice, intensity, or quantity.
Origin:
1525–35; < Latin restrictus drawn back, tightened, bound, reserved, orig. past participle of restringere to restrain, equivalent to re- re- + strictus strict
1525–35; < Latin restrictus drawn back, tightened, bound, reserved, orig. past participle of restringere to restrain, equivalent to re- re- + strictus strict
Related forms
re·strict·er, re·stric·tor, noun
de·re·strict, verb (used with object)
non·re·strict·ing, adjective
o·ver·re·strict, verb (used with object)
pre·re·strict, verb (used with object)
Synonyms
curb, circumscribe, abridge, restrain.
curb, circumscribe, abridge, restrain.
Antonyms
free.
free.
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Example sentences
And the ability to restrict information is worse than a license to commit fraud, it is worse than terrorism.
The new measures also restrict the ability of foreign students to bring family members into the country with them.
Laws that limit the liberties of the general population do not usually restrict the activities of the lawless.
It has laws that restrict deforestation in the rest.
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