narrow down

Verb

Meaning

define clearly

become more focused on an area of activity or field of study

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

narrow specify specialize specialise pin down nail down peg down center centre lower reduce address limit contract specified
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Antonyms

dodge ream increase open shun spread
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Hypernyms

change determine vary alter

Hyponyms

concretize overspecialize overspecialise

Examples

It took me a long time to adjust and narrow down my life. I made my shift to the mind-set ... there's time for my daughter outside work and that's all. This is my new life. This is not drudgery. This is fun. Lucy Lawless

Having experienced everything you don't want in a partner over time, it starts to narrow down to what you actually do want. Jennifer Aniston

In the U.S.A. or Europe there is no realistic way to estimate the type, magnitude, or probability of the risk, nor any way to narrow down the potentially affected regions. Jürgen Habermas

The press secretary who starts to narrow down or close the president's options because he answers delicate negotiating questions no longer serves the president. Ari Fleischer

The world is supposed to be full of possibilities, but they narrow down to pretty few in most personal experience. D. H. Lawrence

Times change; Hollywood is not the same as it was when I first entered the business. It felt to me like it was starting to narrow down and centralize itself around what would... make money. Robert Redford

Close letter words and terms

narrow diminutive of the bend narrow ditch narrow dock narrow escape narrow escape from danger narrow escape from disaster