restrict

restrict
[[t]rɪstrɪ̱kt[/t]]
restricts, restricting, restricted
1) VERB If you restrict something, you put a limit on it in order to reduce it or prevent it becoming too great.

[V n] There is talk of raising the admission requirements to restrict the number of students on campus...

[V n to amount] The French, I believe, restrict Japanese imports to a maximum of 3 per cent of their market.

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restriction [[t]rɪstrɪ̱kʃ(ə)n[/t]] N-UNCOUNT

Since the costs of science were rising faster than inflation, some restriction on funding was necessary.

2) VERB To restrict the movement or actions of someone or something means to prevent them from moving or acting freely.

[V n] Villagers say the fence would restrict public access to the hills...

[V n] The government imprisoned dissidents, forbade travel, and restricted the press...

[V n] These dams have restricted the flow of the river downstream. [Also V n from -ing]

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restriction N-UNCOUNT

...the justification for this restriction of individual liberty.

3) VERB If you restrict someone or their activities to one thing, they can only do, have, or deal with that thing. If you restrict them to one place, they cannot go anywhere else.

[V n to n] He was, however, allowed to stay on at the temple as long as he restricted himself to his studies...

[V n to n] The patient isn't restricted to a meagre diet...

[V n to n] For the first two weeks patients are restricted to the grounds.

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4) VERB If you restrict something to a particular group, only that group can do it or have it. If you restrict something to a particular place, it is allowed only in that place.

[V n to n] Ministers had decided to restrict university entry to about 30 per cent of a declining school-leaving population...

[V n to n] Camping is restricted to five designated campgrounds.

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  • Restrict — Re*strict , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Restricted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Restricting}.] To restrain within bounds; to limit; to confine; as, to restrict worlds to a particular meaning; to restrict a patient to a certain diet. [1913 Webster] Syn: To limit;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Restrict — Re*strict , a. [L. restrictus, p. p. of restringere. See {Restrain}.] Restricted. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • restrict — (v.) 1530s, from L. restrictus, pp. of restringere (see RESTRICTION (Cf. restriction)). Regarded 18c. as a Scottishism. Related: RESTRICTED (Cf. Restricted); restricting …   Etymology dictionary

  • restrict — *limit, circumscribe, confine Analogous words: bind, *tie: *contract, shrink: *restrain, curb, check Contrasted words: *extend, lengthen: *expand, amplify, swell: enlarge, * …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • restrict — [v] confine, limit situation or ability to participate bind, bottle up, bound, chain, check, circumscribe, come down on, constrict, contain, contract, cool down, cramp, curb, decrease, define, delimit, delimitate, demarcate, demark, diminish,… …   New thesaurus

  • restrict — ► VERB 1) put a limit on; keep under control. 2) deprive of freedom of movement or action. ORIGIN Latin restringere tie back …   English terms dictionary

  • restrict — [ri strikt′] vt. [< L restrictus, pp. of restringere: see RESTRAIN] to keep within certain limits; put certain limitations on; confine SYN. LIMIT …   English World dictionary

  • restrict — verb ADVERB ▪ greatly, seriously (esp. BrE), severely, sharply (esp. BrE), significantly ▪ further ▪ The government is considering new laws which will further restrict people s access to firearms …   Collocations dictionary

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