restrict

B1 Topic:Space, Position & Direction

US /ɹɪˈstɹɪkt/ See IPA manual

Freq #25787

Meanings

1

verb
To limit something or keep it within certain bounds.

The new law restricts the sale of alcohol to people over eighteen.
2

verb
To limit someone to only one thing or place.

After the operation, she was restricted to a simple diet for a week.

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1 verb · to limit something or keep... limit curb confine restrain bound

2 verb · to limit someone to only... confine

Word family

Forms restrictedrestrictingrestricts

Derived forms derestrictoverrestrictrestrictablerestrictaserestricteerestrictiverestrictorrestrictoryunrestrict

Related forms restrain restraint restriction

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.

*streyg- Proto-Indo-European

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# restrict

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /ɹɪˈstɹɪkt/
**Frequency rank:** 25787

## Meanings
1. To limit something or keep it within certain bounds.
2. To limit someone to only one thing or place.

## Examples
- The new law restricts the sale of alcohol to people over eighteen.
- After the operation, she was restricted to a simple diet for a week.

## Derived Forms
- derestrict
- overrestrict
- restrictable
- restrictase
- restrictee
- restrictive
- restrictor
- restrictory
- unrestrict

## Related Forms
- restrain
- restraint
- restriction

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *streyg-

## 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.

## AI Etymology
Restrict is 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. Modern senses include to limit something or keep it within certain bounds. and to limit someone to only one thing or place.. The wider word family includes derivatives such as derestrict, overrestrict, restrictable, restrictase, restrictee, and restrictive and related forms such as restrain, restraint, and restriction.

## Topics
- Space, Position & Direction

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