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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

  1. verb To draw a line around; to encircle.
  2. verb To limit narrowly; to restrict.
  3. verb To draw the smallest circle or higher-dimensional sphere that has (a polyhedron, polygon, etc.) in its interior.

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