to narrow
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2.8
- verb
- /ˈnɛroʊ/
:
reducir
- Conducting ecological inventories helps to narrow the list of clubs that match student interests and support needs.
- narrow the gap
- narrow the focus
- narrow the scope
I think that it causes us to narrow our thinking.
- I think that it causes us to narrow our thinking.
- And when you say no a lot, that that narrows in exactly what you need to do.
- The rush of those adrenal chemicals narrows your focus.
- I, I really, really, I have a very hard time narrowing my focus.
- All of those are ways to help narrow the range of uncertainty, the risk of failure.
- In order to calm your anxiety and focus your mind, you've got to narrow your span of control.
- I'm like, look, La Jolla Del Mar, Point Loma, the ranch, narrow the focus.
- So you're already like narrowing it down.
Examples
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I think that it causes us to narrow our thinking.
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The investigators then visited the identified area and narrowed down the culprit by using field detective work.
Academic text (2013) -
You can narrow the time of death to 20 minutes?
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Can you narrow that down a bit?
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I mean, why tell kids they can be anything they wanna be and then expect them to narrow it down?
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All of those are ways to help narrow the range of uncertainty, the risk of failure.
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We narrowed it down to three.
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So, have you narrowed down your choices yet?
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Kid, I like your enthusiasm, but I think we have to work on narrowing down our list of suspects.
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We need to narrow our focus and concentrate on the most important issues.
Synonyms
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2.1
To control how much or how often something happens
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3.5
Make a list of choices smaller until only a few remain
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4.8
To keep something within set limits, for example in a room or a topic
Antonyms
Idioms
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Specialized
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6.8
A railway track with rails closer together than on a standard railway
A small toad with a very narrow mouth that lives in the southeastern United States
- Specialized
An airplane with one aisle that airlines often use on short or domestic flights
- Specialized
A passenger plane with one aisle that is used for short or medium flights
- Specialized
A plant from western North America with long narrow clusters of small yellow flowers
- Specialized
A tall marsh plant with long narrow leaves and a brown flower head
- Specialized
A plant with narrow leaves and blue-violet flowers that grows in the western United States
- Australian
A large Australian tree from Queensland with cream flowers that have red marks inside
A European plant with purple and pink flowers that farmers grow for animal food or to improve soil
A plant from the southwestern United States with narrow leaves and yellow-orange flowers
A tall water plant with narrow leaves and a long brown flower spike that grows in wetlands
A fern with narrow leaves on yellowish stalks that grows in shady rocky places
A flowering plant with narrow leaves and white flowers at the top
A small toad with smooth tough skin that hides and lives in central and western North America
How Focused
Surface Forms
Etymology
Narrow as a verb comes from the same old root meaning 'close' or 'tight', like near. That is why to narrow your options is to make them 'fewer' and more focused.