restriction

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US /ɹɪˈstɹɪkʃən/ See IPA manual

Freq #27679

Meanings

1

noun
A rule or limit that controls what you can do.

There are strict restrictions on what you can bring through airport security.
2

noun
The act of limiting or controlling something.

The restriction of access to the building improved security.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a rule or limit that... limitation

2 noun · the act of limiting or... limitation confinement

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Forms restrictions

Derived forms antirestrictioncounterrestrictionendorestrictiongeorestrictionmacrorestrictionnonrestrictionoverrestrictionrestrictionaryrestrictionismrestrictionistrestrictionless

Related forms constriction restrain restraint restrict

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Etymology

From Middle English restriccioun, from Anglo-Norman restriction, Middle French restriction, and their source, Late Latin restrictiō, from Latin restringō. Morphologically restrict + -ion.

restriccioun Middle English restriction Middle French restrictiō la-lat restringō Latin

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# restriction

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ɹɪˈstɹɪkʃən/
**Frequency rank:** 27679

## Meanings
1. A rule or limit that controls what you can do.
2. The act of limiting or controlling something.

## Examples
- There are strict restrictions on what you can bring through airport security.
- The restriction of access to the building improved security.

## Derived Forms
- antirestriction
- counterrestriction
- endorestriction
- georestriction
- macrorestriction
- nonrestriction
- overrestriction
- restrictionary
- restrictionism
- restrictionist
- restrictionless

## Related Forms
- constriction
- restrain
- restraint
- restrict

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: restriccioun
- Root: restriction
- Root: restrictiō
- Root: restringō

## Etymology
From Middle English restriccioun, from Anglo-Norman restriction, Middle French restriction, and their source, Late Latin restrictiō, from Latin restringō. Morphologically restrict + -ion.

## AI Etymology
Restriction comes from Middle English restriccioun, from Anglo-Norman restriction, Middle French restriction, and their source, Late Latin restrictiō, from Latin restringō. Morphologically restrict + -ion. Modern senses include a rule or limit that controls what you can do. and the act of limiting or controlling something.. The wider word family includes derivatives such as antirestriction, counterrestriction, endorestriction, georestriction, macrorestriction, and nonrestriction and related forms such as constriction, restrain, restraint, and restrict.

## Topics
- Abstract Ideas

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