restrictions
- 1Plural of restriction.
Health officials lifted most of the restrictions once cases began to fall.
The lease imposes several restrictions on subletting the apartment.
Note
The plural belongs to the countable side of restriction. It counts separate rules or limits, not the act of restricting. Where the singular can name a general condition (freedom from restriction), the plural lists particular constraints. That is why it is at home in legal, regulatory and policy writing, and in the stock notice "Restrictions may apply." The thing limited follows with on: restrictions on subletting.
restrictions is a form of restriction
restriction, noun: A regulation or limit that controls or reduces what someone is allowed to do. Full entry
- Forms
- restrictionrestrictions plural
- Spelling
- restriction → restrictions: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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