constrain
verb (used with object)
to force, compel, or oblige.
constrains
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present tense formof constrain (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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It also constrains certain theories involving extra spatial dimensions.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026
“The current debt overhang constrains external financing, limits public investment capacity and prevents full re-engagement with the international financial system,” the office of Venezuela’s vice presidency for the economy said in a statement.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 13, 2026
Mark Joseph Stern: Because Congress did something that was long overdue—it wrote a statute that tightly constrains the executive branch.
From Slate ● Dec. 22, 2025
"The thing about the Convention is that it constrains governments, and it constrains the way that governments can treat minorities and people it doesn't like," he says.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2025
A striking example of Bloor’s inability to acknowledge that nature constrains science is to be found on p.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
