restrict

Speech parts

1. restrict - Adjective

2. restrict - Verb

Meaning

Restricted.

To restrain within bounds; to limit; to confine; as, to restrict worlds to a particular meaning; to restrict a patient to a certain diet.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

bound limit curb restrain circumscribe control confine curtail prevent trammel reduce narrow check regulate inhibit
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Antonyms

derestrict free range help increase improve
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Hypernyms

keep prevent limit curb curtail circumscribe

Hyponyms

cumber control reduce tie gate classify

Phrases with the word

restrict access to restrict admission to restrict the entry to restrict food intake restrict competition

Derivatives

restricted restricting

Anagrams

stricter

Examples

If programmers deserve to be rewarded for creating innovative programs, by the same token they deserve to be punished if they restrict the use of these programs. Richard Stallman

The most effective way to restrict democracy is to transfer decision-making from the public arena to unaccountable institutions: kings and princes, priestly castes, military juntas, party dictatorships, or modern corporations. Noam Chomsky

And so, you can do hundreds and hundreds of studies showing a general factor and just so long as you restrict your populations, your testing materials and the kinds of situations you look at, you can keep finding the same wrong thing again and again. Robert Sternberg

Nor can private counterparties restrict supplies of gold, another commodity whose derivatives are often traded over-the-counter, where central banks stand ready to lease gold in increasing quantities should the price rise. Alan Greenspan

Misfortune does not restrict his visits to one day. Ghana Proverb

Things which restrict the common are to be interpreted rigidly. Traditional Proverb

Close letter words and terms

restressable restretch restriall restrict access to restrict admission to restrict food intake