restrict

/ris'trikt/
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restrict

The sign restricts parking to residents only.

Definition
  1. Verb:
    • To limit or control the size, amount, or range of something: To set boundaries or rules that confine something within specific limits.
    • To prevent someone or something from moving or acting freely: To impose constraints that reduce freedom or accessibility.
Usage and Examples
  • To limit extent, amount, or access:
    • The new policy will restrict access to the building after 8 PM.
    • We need to restrict our spending to stay within the budget.
  • To make a rule or condition more specific:
    • The law restricts the sale of alcohol to people over 21.
    • Please restrict your comments to the main topic of the meeting.
Advanced Usage
  • "to restrict oneself to something": To deliberately limit one's own actions or choices to a particular thing.
    • For his research, he restricted himself to primary sources only.
  • In legal or formal contexts: Often used to describe official limitations imposed by laws, rules, or authorities.
    • The treaty restricts the development of certain types of weapons.
Variants and Related Words
  • Restriction (n): A rule or law that limits what people can do.
    • There are parking restrictions in the city center.
  • Restrictive (adj): Serving to restrict; limiting.
    • The contract had very restrictive clauses.
  • Unrestricted (adj): Not limited or controlled.
    • The view from the hill is unrestricted.
Synonyms
  • Limit: To set a point or level beyond which something does not or may not extend.
  • Confine: To keep someone or something within certain limits.
  • Curtail: To reduce or limit something, especially something perceived as excessive.
Phrasal Verbs
  • Restrict to: To limit something to a particular person, group, place, or thing.
    • Membership is restricted to employees only.
Related Idioms
  • No phrase is a direct idiom with "restrict," but it is commonly used in formal and regulatory language to indicate limitation.
restrict

The sign restricts parking to residents only.

Verb
  1. make more specific
    • qualify these remarks
  2. place limits on (extent or access)
    • restrict the use of this parking lot
    • limit the time you can spend with your friends
  3. place under restrictions; limit access to
    • This substance is controlled
  4. place restrictions on
    • curtail drinking in school

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