RESTRICT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does restrict mean? 

• RESTRICT (verb)
  The verb RESTRICT has 4 senses:

1. place restrictions on

2. place under restrictions; limit access to by law

3. place limits on (extent or amount or access)

4. prevent (information) from being circulated or disclosed

  Familiarity information: RESTRICT used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RESTRICT (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they restrict    ... he / she / it restricts   
Past simple: restricted   
Past participle: restricted   
-ing form: restricting   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Place restrictions on

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

curb; curtail; cut back; restrict

Context example:

curtail drinking in school

Hypernyms (to "restrict" is one way to...):

circumscribe; confine to; limit (restrict or confine within limits)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "restrict"):

abridge (lessen, diminish, or curtail)

immobilise; immobilize (cause to be unable to move)

ration (restrict the consumption of a relatively scarce commodity, as during war)

control; restrict (place under restrictions; limit access to by law)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Derivation:

restriction (an act of limiting or restricting (as by regulation))

restrictive (serving to restrict)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Place under restrictions; limit access to by law

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

control; restrict

Context example:

that area is restricted to security personnel only

Hypernyms (to "restrict" is one way to...):

curb; curtail; cut back; restrict (place restrictions on)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "restrict"):

classify (declare unavailable, as for security reasons)

taboo (declare as sacred and forbidden)

localise; localize (restrict something to a particular area)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Antonym:

derestrict (make free from restrictions)

Derivation:

restriction (an act of limiting or restricting (as by regulation))

restrictive ((of tariff) protective of national interests by restricting imports)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Place limits on (extent or amount or access)

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

bound; confine; limit; restrict; throttle; trammel

Context example:

limit the time you can spend with your friends

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "restrict"):

tie (limit or restrict to)

scant; skimp (limit in quality or quantity)

cumber; encumber; restrain (restrict (someone or something) so as to make free movement difficult)

delimit; delimitate; demarcate (set, mark, or draw the boundaries of something)

clamp down; crack down (repress or suppress (something regarded as undesirable))

constrain; stiffen; tighten; tighten up (severely restrict in scope or extent)

cramp; halter; hamper; strangle (prevent the progress or free movement of)

mark off; mark out (set boundaries to and delimit)

draw a line; draw the line (reasonably object (to) or set a limit (on))

gate (restrict (school boys') movement to the dormitory or campus as a means of punishment)

reduce; tighten (narrow or limit)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP

Derivation:

restriction (an act of limiting or restricting (as by regulation))

restriction (the act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary))

restrictive (serving to restrict)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Prevent (information) from being circulated or disclosed

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "restrict" is one way to...):

keep; prevent (stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

 Context examples 

Any process that takes place on the cellular level, though not necessarily restricted to a single cell.

(Cellular Process, NCI Thesaurus)

A subpopulation of regulatory T-lymphocytes involved in MHC Class I-restricted interactions.

(CD8-Positive T-Lymphocyte, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

The term small lymphocytic lymphoma is restricted to cases which do not show leukemic involvement of the bone marrow and peripheral blood.

(Chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A peptide-based cancer vaccine containing a mutated form of the HLA-A*0201-restricted cytomegaloviral epitope CMVpp65(495-503) with potential immunostimulatory and antitumor activities.

(CMVpp65-A*0201 Peptide Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)

There are 6 alternate transcripts unique to this gene and alternate splicing is restricted to the 6 exons encoding this domain.

(Collagen IV (Alpha 3), NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes natural killer cell receptor 2B4 protein, is involved in non-MHC-restricted NK cell killing.

(CD244 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Tooth decay that is restricted to the enamel layer.

(Caries Restricted to Enamel, NCI Thesaurus)

The scientists determined that restricting these 2 sulfur-containing amino acids activated a metabolic pathway called the transsulfuration pathway, which resulted in increased production of the gas hydrogen sulfide (H2S).

(Pathways Underlying the Benefits of Calorie Restriction, NIH)

CaMKII, CaMKI and CaMKIV, have an autoregulatory domain that restricts or inhibits enzymatic activity in the absence of calcium/CaM.

(Calmodulin Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

The participants to the study were placed on a fixed diet and allowed either a normal 8.5 hours of sleep or a restricted 4.5 hours of sleep for 4 consecutive days.

(Molecular ties between lack of sleep and weight gain, NIH)