Restrict Restricted Rɪˈstrɪkt Speed Mph Towns Number Students

• speed is restricted to 30 mph in towns.
• we restrict the number of students per class to 10.
• fog severely restricted visibility.
• having small children tends to restrict your freedom.

restrict

1. to limit the size, amount or range of something
• Speed is restricted to 30 mph in towns.
• We restrict the number of students per class to 10.
• Fog severely restricted visibility.
• Having small children tends to restrict your freedom.
2. to stop somebody/something from moving or acting freely
• synonym impede
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• The long skirt restricted her movements.
3. to control something with rules or laws
• Access to the club is restricted to members only.
4. to allow yourself or somebody to have only a limited amount of something or to do only a particular kind of activity
• I restrict myself to one cup of coffee a day.
• Why don't you restrict yourself to setting down the facts?

Extra Examples

• They tried to improve traffic congestion by restricting entry to the city.
• Why don’t you restrict yourself to setting down the facts?
• He needs to restrict his intake of red meat.
• I’m restricting myself to one glass of wine a day.
• The authors largely restrict their attention to three issues.
• The government is considering new laws which will further restrict people’s access to firearms.
• attempts to restrict the sale of alcohol
• He introduced new laws to restrict immigration.
• In Britain speed is restricted to 30 mph in towns.
• We restrict the number of students per class to ten.

Verb Forms

• present simple I / you / we / they restrict
• he / she / it restricts
• past simple restricted
• past participle restricted
• -ing form restricting

Word Origin

• mid 16th cent.: from Latin restrict- ‘confined, bound fast’, from the verb restringere, from re- ‘back’ + stringere ‘to tie, pull tight’.