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constrainest

constrainest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of constrain.

Meaning of constrain

Verb

constrain (third-person singular simple present constrains, present participle constraining, simple past and past participle constrained)

  1. (transitive) To force physically, by strong persuasion or pressuring; to compel; to oblige.
  2. (transitive) To keep within close bounds; to confine.
    • But it's not just Castlefield Corridor capacity that constrains services. All the junctions on the lines feeding into the corridor are flat, so they create conflict points as trains pass.2020 January 2, Philip Haigh, “Is there relief to congestion along Castlefield Corridor?”, in Rail, page 23
  3. (transitive) To reduce a result in response to limited resources.

Origin of constrainest

From constrain + -est.

Questions about constrainest

What is constrainest the second-person singular simple present indicative of?
Constrainest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of constrain.

Words near constrainest in the dictionary

  1. constrained
  2. constrainedly
  3. constrainedness
  4. constrainer
  5. constrainers
  6. constrainest
  7. constraineth
  8. constraining
  9. constrainingly
  10. constrainings
  11. constrainment

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Adapted from Wiktionary: constrainest (page history and authors); constrain (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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