restrict

//ɹɪˈstɹɪkt//

Forms

present (v1): restrict
past (v2): restricted
past participle (v3): restricted
present participle: restricting
3rd person singular: restricts

Definitions

1.To restrain within boundaries; to limit; to confine
- After suffering diahrroea, the patient was restricted to a diet of rice, cold meat, and yoghurt.
- It was no less than Valencia deserved after dominating possession in the final 20 minutes although Chelsea defended resolutely and restricted the Spanish side to shooting from long range.
2.To consider (a function) as defined on a subset of its original domain.
- If we restrict sine to #92;left#91;-#92;frac#92;pi2,#92;frac#92;pi2#92;right#93;, we can define its inverse.

Frequency

Overall

Uncommon· #3841

By learning goal

Everyday conversation: Rare
General reading & writing: Uncommon
Academic: Rare
Literature: Rare

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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.