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Adjective restricting has 1 sense
- confining, constraining, constrictive, limiting, restricting - restricting the scope or freedom of action
Antonym: unrestrictive (indirect, via restrictive)
Verb restrict has 4 senses
- restrict, curtail, curb, cut back - place restrictions on; "curtail drinking in school"
--1 is one way to limit, circumscribe, confine
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
- restrict - place under restrictions; limit access to; "This substance is controlled"
--2 is one way to control, hold in, hold, contain, check, curb, moderate
Antonyms: derestrict
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle - place limits on (extent or access); "restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends"
--3 is one way to control, hold in, hold, contain, check, curb, moderate
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
- qualify, restrict - make more specific; "qualify these remarks"
--4 is one way to modify
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
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