restrict

Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈstɹɪkt/

The English word “restrict” has 3 meanings listed here.

verb

To restrain within boundaries; to limit; to confine
To consider (a function) as defined on a subset of its original domain.

adjective

Restricted.

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.

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