restringir — meaning in English
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English meaning
- circumscribe verb To draw a line around; to encircle.
- constrain verb To force physically, by strong persuasion or pressuring; to compel; to oblige.
- 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
- verb To draw a line around; to encircle.
- verb To limit narrowly; to restrict.
- verb To draw the smallest circle or higher-dimensional sphere that has (a polyhedron, polygon, etc.) in its interior.
constrain — full definition
- verb To force physically, by strong persuasion or pressuring; to compel; to oblige.
- verb To keep within close bounds; to confine.
- verb To reduce a result in response to limited resources.