restrict

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb place restrictions on
  2. verb place under restrictions; limit access to
  3. verb place limits on (extent or access)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin restrictus, perfect passive participle of restringō (“draw back tightly; restrain, restrict”), from re- (“back, again”) + stringō (“press, tighten, compress”). Doublet of ristretto as an adjective.

In classic literature

Synonyms

curtail, curb, cut back

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