restriction
- noun
- /rɪˈstrɪkʃən/
- Military readiness requires restrictions on activities or characteristics that interfere with fitness.
- impose restrictions
- remove restrictions
- place restrictions
Doesn't that seem like a real restriction of the divine power?
- Doesn't that seem like a real restriction of the divine power?
- Oh, if she has way too many dietary restrictions, I'm out.
- I mean, that's the big restriction in cinema is time.
- So check your local restrictions or laws around these things.
- We forget that they they saw law as restrictions on freedoms.
- So you can load other restrictions in here and in the data.
- That's before any import tariffs or restrictions are included.
- And you know, we come out of COVID restrictions all in debt.
- But because of COVID restrictions, we're not going to get you to sing.
- You can get access to them with no Geo restrictions when you use Express VPN.
- You can get access to them with no Geo restriction when you use Express VPN.
- Yeah, today there's heavy restrictions and an investor can only own one.
- OK, so we have this restriction from the root.
Examples
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So I'm, I'm not sure further restrictions would, would really help us.
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So check your local restrictions or laws around these things.
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So a lot of the restrictions come with marriage.
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Though it's legal in most states, federal restrictions remain in place.
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The country is facing further restrictions because test and trace failed.
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Standard ops in the morning, normal morning restrictions in New York.
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Oh, if she has way too many dietary restrictions, I'm out.
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That's before any import tariffs or restrictions are included.
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The new restriction on travel has made it difficult for many families to visit loved ones.
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There are strict restrictions on what can be brought into the country for safety reasons.
Synonyms
An official rule that prevents someone from doing something
A rule or condition that limits what you can do
A rule that controls how much or how many of something there can be
A rule or measure that limits what people can do
A rule that limits what people can do
Antonyms
Compounds
- Formal
An official limit on people moving between places for safety or health reasons
- Specialized
An enzyme that cuts DNA at specific short sequences used in research with genes
- Specialized
An enzyme that cuts DNA at a specific sequence to make small pieces
- Specialized
A small piece of DNA made by cutting a DNA strand with a special enzyme
How Restrictive
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Morphology
Etymology
Restriction comes from the Latin parts re- meaning 'back' and stringere meaning 'to bind' or 'to tighten', the same root you can see in the English word string. So a restriction is something that 'binds' or holds actions back, limiting what you can do.