restrict
verb/rɪˈstrɪkt/
/rɪˈstrɪkt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they restrict | /rɪˈstrɪkt/ /rɪˈstrɪkt/ |
| he / she / it restricts | /rɪˈstrɪkts/ /rɪˈstrɪkts/ |
| past simple restricted | /rɪˈstrɪktɪd/ /rɪˈstrɪktɪd/ |
| past participle restricted | /rɪˈstrɪktɪd/ /rɪˈstrɪktɪd/ |
| -ing form restricting | /rɪˈstrɪktɪŋ/ /rɪˈstrɪktɪŋ/ |
- to limit the size, amount or range of something
- restrict something to something Speed is restricted to 30 mph in towns.
- We restrict the number of students per class to ten.
- restrict something Fog severely restricted visibility.
- Having small children tends to restrict your freedom.
Extra Examples- They tried to improve traffic congestion by restricting entry to the city.
- He needs to restrict his intake of red meat.
- The authors largely restrict their attention to three issues.
- The government is considering new laws which will further restrict people's access to firearms.
- attempts to restrict the sale of alcohol
- He introduced new laws to restrict immigration.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- greatly
- seriously
- severely
- …
- attempt to
- seek to
- try to
- …
- to
- an attempt to restrict something
- measures to restrict something
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- restrict something to stop somebody/something from moving or acting freely synonym impede
- The long skirt restricted her movements.
- restrict something (to somebody) to control something with rules or laws
- Access to the club is restricted to members only.
- restrict yourself/somebody (to something/to doing something) to allow yourself or somebody to have only a limited amount of something or to do only a particular kind of activity
- I restrict myself to one cup of coffee a day.
- Why don't you restrict yourself to setting down the facts?
- We restrict ourselves to one takeaway meal a week.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- greatly
- seriously
- severely
- …
- attempt to
- seek to
- try to
- …
- to
- an attempt to restrict something
- measures to restrict something
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Latin restrict- ‘confined, bound fast’, from the verb restringere, from re- ‘back’ + stringere ‘to tie, pull tight’.
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