begränsa — meaning in English
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English meaning
- circumscribe verb To draw a line around; to encircle.
- confine verb To keep someone or something within certain limits or a restricted space.
- constrain verb To force physically, by strong persuasion or pressuring; to compel; to oblige.
- limit noun The furthest point or greatest amount allowed or possible; a boundary.
- restrict verb To keep something within limits; to hold it back from going further.
- throttle noun A valve or lever that controls how much fuel or air reaches an engine, and therefore its speed.
Senses
begränsa is used for these senses in English:
- circumscribe To limit narrowly; to restrict.
- confine (transitive) To restrict (someone or something) to a particular scope or area; to keep in or within certain bounds. [from 17th c.]
- constrain (transitive) To force physically, by strong persuasion or pressuring; to compel; to oblige.
- limit (transitive) To restrict; to circumscribe; not to allow to go beyond a certain bound, to set boundaries.
- 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.