restrict

[ri-strikt]

verb (used with object)

1. to confine or keep within limits, as of space, action, choice, intensity, or quantity.

   Synonyms: obstruct, impede, hinder, hamper, block, check, abridge, restrain, limit, confine, circumscribe
   Antonyms: surpass, exceed

restrict

/ rɪˈstrɪkt /

verb

1. (often foll by to) to confine or keep within certain often specified limits or selected bounds

   to restrict one's drinking to the evening

Other Word Forms

• restricter noun
• restrictor noun
• derestrict verb (used with object)
• nonrestricting adjective
• overrestrict verb (used with object)
• prerestrict verb (used with object)

Word History and Origins

Origin of restrict¹

First recorded in 1525–35; from Latin restrictus “drawn back, tightened, bound, reserved,” adjective use of past participle of restringere “to bind back, bind fast”; restrain

Word History and Origins

Origin of restrict¹

C16: from Latin rēstrictus bound up, from rēstringere ; see _restrain

Example Sentences

India won the toss and elected to field and restricted Nepal to 114-5.

Read more on Barron's

Over the past few years, the Premier League has developed a more possession-based strategy and, individually and collectively, defending has without doubt been restricted by our obsession to play football 'the right way'.

Read more on BBC

A major problem, Davis said, were regulations Beijing had introduced in recent years restricting the export of Chinese rare-earth technology that would have made it difficult for the Australian and Chinese companies to work together.

Read more on The Wall Street Journal

Several have told the BBC how even before her murder they had steered clear of community events, avoided speaking Chechen in public and restricted their social media presence.

Read more on BBC

Nevertheless, “there’s nothing in the law that restricts how that deduction interacts with other planning strategies like Roth conversions,” Levy noted.

Read more on MarketWatch

Related Words

• curb 
• decrease 
• define 
• diminish 
• hamper 
• impede 
• inhibit 
• limit 
• narrow 
• reduce 
• regulate 
• restrain 
• shorten