restringir — meaning in English

English meaning

• circumscribe verb To draw a line all the way around something.
• constrain verb To make someone do something, using physical force, strong pressure or persuasion.
• curtail verb To cut something short or reduce it, especially something that would otherwise have continued at its full extent.
• limit noun The furthest point or greatest amount allowed or possible; a boundary.
• restrain verb To hold back or keep someone or something under control.
• restrict verb To keep something within limits; to hold it back from going further.

Senses

restringir is used for these senses in English:

• circumscribe To limit narrowly; to restrict.
• constrain (transitive) To force physically, by strong persuasion or pressuring; to compel; to oblige.
• constrain (transitive) To keep within close bounds; to confine.
• curtail (transitive, figuratively) To limit or restrict; to keep in check.
• limit (transitive) To restrict; to circumscribe; not to allow to go beyond a certain bound, to set boundaries.
• restrain (transitive) To restrict or limit.
• restrict To restrain within boundaries; to limit; to confine

circumscribe — full definition

1. verb To draw a line all the way around something.
2. verb To keep something within strict limits.
3. verb To draw the smallest possible circle or sphere around a shape so that the shape fits exactly inside it.

constrain — full definition

1. verb To make someone do something, using physical force, strong pressure or persuasion.
2. verb To keep something within strict limits so that it cannot spread or move freely.
3. verb To cut down an outcome because there is not enough available to achieve more.

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