restrict

Formsrestricts, restricting, restricted

1. 1
   verbtransitive

   To keep something within limits, or to stop it from spreading too far.

   Like a fence that keeps animals from wandering too far.

   Doctors often restrict salt for people with high blood pressure.

   The new rules restrict how many guests each member can bring.

   Similarlimit, restrain, confine, curb, constrain

   Oppositeallow, permit, expand

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2. 2
   verbtransitive

   To look at a math function using only part of the values it normally works with.

   Like using only part of a ruler instead of the whole thing.

   We can restrict the function to positive numbers to make it easier to study.

   If you restrict the graph to one section, it becomes a straight line.

   Oppositeextend

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3. 3
   adjectiveobsolete

   Kept within limits and not free to move or spread.

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