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What (who) is Restrict - definition
restrict
(restricts, restricting, restricted)
1.
If you restrict something, you put a limit on it in order to reduce it or prevent it becoming too great.
There is talk of raising the admission requirements to restrict the number of students on campus...
The French, I believe, restrict Japanese imports to a maximum of 3 per cent of their market.
= limit
VERB: V n, V n to amount
• restriction
Some restriction on funding was necessary.
= limit
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2.
To restrict the movement or actions of someone or something means to prevent them from moving or acting freely.
The government imprisoned dissidents, forbade travel, and restricted the press...
VERB: V n
• restriction
...the justification for this restriction of individual liberty.
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3.
If you restrict someone or their activities to one thing, they can only do, have, or deal with that thing. If you restrict them to one place, they cannot go anywhere else.
For the first two weeks patients are restricted to the grounds.
= confine
VERB: be V-ed to n, also V n to n
4.
If you restrict something to a particular group, only that group can do it or have it. If you restrict something to a particular place, it is allowed only in that place.
The hospital may restrict bookings to people living locally...
VERB: V n to n
restrict
¦ verb
1. put a limit on; keep under control.
2. deprive of freedom of movement or action.
Origin
C16 (earlier (ME) as restriction): from L. restrict-, restringere (see restrain).
restrict
v. a.
Limit, bound, restrain, confine, circumscribe, hedge in.
Wikipedia
Restrict
In the C programming language, restrict is a keyword, introduced by the C99 standard, that can be used in pointer declarations. By adding this type qualifier, a programmer hints to the compiler that for the lifetime of the pointer, no other pointer will be used to access the object to which it points.
Examples of use of Restrict
1. But Parliament can voluntarily restrict this right.
2. It‘s too late to restrict this year‘s climbing crowd.
3. This forced both governments to agree to restrict imports.
4. "The Internet should promote free speech, not restrict it.
5. Bush‘s two new conservative appointees will restrict abortion rights.