restrict

restrict
verb
ADVERB
greatly, seriously (esp. BrE), severely, sharply (esp. BrE), significantly
further

The government is considering new laws which will further restrict people's access to firearms.

effectively, largely

The authors largely restrict their attention to three issues.

unduly (esp. BrE), unnecessarily
VERB + RESTRICT
attempt to, seek to, try to
need to

He needs to restrict his intake of red meat.

tend to

Having small children tends to restrict your freedom.

PREPOSITION
to

I'm restricting myself to one glass of wine a day.

PHRASES
an attempt to restrict sth

attempts to restrict the sale of alcohol

measures to restrict sth
Restrict is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑law, ↑regulation, ↑rule
Restrict is used with these nouns as the object: ↑abortion, ↑access, ↑availability, ↑calorie, ↑capacity, ↑carbohydrate, ↑development, ↑entry, ↑expansion, ↑export, ↑extent, ↑flow, ↑freedom, ↑immigration, ↑import, ↑intake, ↑liberty, ↑membership, ↑motion, ↑movement, ↑number, ↑participation, ↑range, ↑right, ↑sale, ↑scope, ↑supply, ↑trade, ↑usage, ↑use, ↑vision

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  • restrict — re‧strict [rɪˈstrɪkt] verb [transitive] to limit or put controls on the amount, size, or range of something: restrict something to something • The bank imposed a ruling, restricting credit increases to 2.5%. • laws that restrict public employee… …   Financial and business terms

  • restrict — re·strict vt 1: to subject to bounds or limits restrict the height of buildings restrict visitation rights 2: to place under restrictions as to use or distribution restrict ed the land to recreational use Merriam Webster’s Dictio …   Law dictionary

  • Restrict — Re*strict , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Restricted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Restricting}.] To restrain within bounds; to limit; to confine; as, to restrict worlds to a particular meaning; to restrict a patient to a certain diet. [1913 Webster] Syn: To limit;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Restrict — Re*strict , a. [L. restrictus, p. p. of restringere. See {Restrain}.] Restricted. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • restrict — (v.) 1530s, from L. restrictus, pp. of restringere (see RESTRICTION (Cf. restriction)). Regarded 18c. as a Scottishism. Related: RESTRICTED (Cf. Restricted); restricting …   Etymology dictionary

  • restrict — *limit, circumscribe, confine Analogous words: bind, *tie: *contract, shrink: *restrain, curb, check Contrasted words: *extend, lengthen: *expand, amplify, swell: enlarge, * …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • restrict — [v] confine, limit situation or ability to participate bind, bottle up, bound, chain, check, circumscribe, come down on, constrict, contain, contract, cool down, cramp, curb, decrease, define, delimit, delimitate, demarcate, demark, diminish,… …   New thesaurus

  • restrict — ► VERB 1) put a limit on; keep under control. 2) deprive of freedom of movement or action. ORIGIN Latin restringere tie back …   English terms dictionary

  • restrict — [ri strikt′] vt. [< L restrictus, pp. of restringere: see RESTRAIN] to keep within certain limits; put certain limitations on; confine SYN. LIMIT …   English World dictionary

  • restrict — [[t]rɪstrɪ̱kt[/t]] restricts, restricting, restricted 1) VERB If you restrict something, you put a limit on it in order to reduce it or prevent it becoming too great. [V n] There is talk of raising the admission requirements to restrict the… …   English dictionary

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