restrict

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/ɹɪˈstɹɪkt/ English

Definitions

verb

To restrain within boundaries; to limit; to confine“After suffering diahrroea, the patient was restricted to a diet of rice, cold meat, and yoghurt.”
(specifically) To consider (a function) as defined on a subset of its original domain.

adjective

Restricted.

Related words

Synonyms

bound circumscribe coerce curb limit repress restrain withstrain confine curtail cut back trammel qualify throttle constraint restriction restrictive restraint

Associated

prohibit ourselves abortion pornography regulate immigration access firearms restrictions intake freedom

Rhymes

depict conflict derelict afflict perfect strict benedict contradict constrict predict

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