to restrict

Examples

• All

• One issue is that a number of analyses were restricted to children telling valid stories.

  Academic text (2011)

• Some retirees may decide that moving to an age-restricted, assisted-living retirement community is desirable.

  Academic text (2011)

• If you subscribe to that notion, it's going to restrict your opportunities.

  Film Courage

• However, access to these approaches remains restricted to a minority of those who might benefit from them.

  Academic text (2011)

• Laws and regulations that restrict individual liberties are frequently needed to ensure community health and safety.

  Academic text (2011)

• The ditch led down, deeper, until their view was restricted to a narrow band of sky.

  Fiction book (1990)

• Therefore, this review is restricted to reporting the gross advantages or gains from community college attendance.

  Academic text (2011)

• To improve public safety, the city decided to restrict the hours when fireworks could be set off.

• The new policy will restrict the amount of plastic that can be used in packaging to help the environment.

• The school district has to restrict the number of students in each classroom to comply with health guidelines.

Synonyms

C

to control

vsto restrict

∞ 2.4

To have power over people, things, or situations

focuses more on limiting amount, access, or sharing specifically

L

to limit

vsto restrict

∞ 2.1

To control how much or how often something happens

covers also control of access and sharing beyond just size

R

to regulate

vsto restrict

258 3.4

To control something using rules or laws

can be done by any means, not only formal rules or laws

C

to confine

vsto restrict

215 4.2

Keep someone or something within limits, for example in a small space

includes nonphysical limits such as access, use, or sharing

C

to cut back

vsto restrict

169 2.9

To reduce how much you buy and use to save money and be healthier

is more general and can include other controls like access

C

to confine to

vsto restrict

106 4.8

To keep something within set limits, for example in a room or a topic

applies more widely to amounts, access, or information sharing

C

to curb

vsto restrict

73 3.5

To limit or control something to stop it getting worse

is neutral and applies to any amount, access, or sharing

C

to constrain

vsto restrict

64 5.6

To limit what someone can do or how they can act

is broader, covering general control of amount or access

C

to curtail

vsto restrict

52 6.3

To make something shorter or less than planned

focuses on limiting amount or access rather than shortening duration

R

to ration

vsto restrict

34 5.1

To limit how much food or supplies each person gets when there is not enough

covers broader limiting actions beyond fixed or shared distribution

C

to clamp down

vsto restrict

18 4.2

To use strict rules and punishments to stop bad or illegal actions

is broader and can be done softly or by rule rather than force

C

to clamp down on

vsto restrict

13 5.3

Take strong action to stop something bad or illegal

is a general limiting action and not necessarily forceful enforcement

T

to throttle

vsto restrict

5 7.5

To reduce or control how much of something is allowed

is the general act of controlling amount or access rather than slowing

O

to overregulate

vsto restrict

1 6.9

To make too many rules that limit businesses or activities

is simple limitation without the connotation of excessiveness

T

to trammel

vsto restrict

• Formal

1 9.9

To limit someone's freedom or ability to act

is a straightforward limitation of amount, access, or use

O

to overbound

vsto restrict

8.4

To limit something more than needed so it has less freedom

is neutral control and does not imply being excessive

Antonyms

A

to allow

∞ 1.0

To let something happen or let someone do something

E

to expand

805 2.5

To grow larger in size, amount, or importance

D

to derestrict

8.6

To remove limits from something so people can use it freely

How Restrictive

to prohibit

299 3.3

to restrict

361 3.1

to limit

∞ 2.1

to curtail

52 6.3

Surface Forms

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Etymology