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narrowed

narrowed

2.7
Made smaller in width, size, or range
  • adjective
  • /ˈnɛroʊd/
translation icon : estrechado
  • The path gradually narrowed, making it difficult for two people to walk side by side.

And so to do this, you get narrower to be more unique.

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Examples

  • The cone has gotten narrower and narrower.

  • But it's a much narrower, you know, set of things that they have control over.

  • It's really narrowed scope of attention.

  • The bigger Omega gets the narrower the distribution.

  • Specializations are getting narrower and narrower too, right, Just as knowledge expands.

  • That's good to make your hips appear narrower optically than the hem level.

  • But also, as Matt made sure I'm included here, I'm being funneled down into a narrower and narrower channel through space-time.

  • After the renovation, the hallway felt much narrower than it did before.

  • She had a narrowed focus on her studies, eliminating distractions to achieve her goals.

Synonyms

shrunken
vsnarrowed
4 3.9

Smaller or weaker than before

focuses on reduced width or scope rather than loss of strength or effect
constricted
vsnarrowed
5.2

Made narrower or tighter by pressure

is reduced in width or scope without implying squeezing or compression
contracted
vsnarrowed
4.0

Something that becomes smaller and tighter when parts pull together

is about becoming smaller or limited in size rather than caused by drawing together

Antonyms

85 2.5

To make something have more space from one side to the other so it fits or moves more easily

How Narrow

narrowed
2.7
restricted
18 3.9
broad
469 3.7

Surface Forms

narrowed positive

Morphology

narrowed = narrow (transparent) = narrow + ed

A straightforward past-participial/adjectival form of 'narrow'; learners who know 'narrow' will readily infer 'narrowed'.

Etymology

The word narrowed comes from the old English word narrow, which meant 'tight' or 'close'. So when something is narrowed it is made smaller or more limited, like a road 'squeezed' between walls or a list of choices made shorter.