Past tense of constrain

Forms of constrain

Constrained in a sentence

• A knot can be defined as a non-self-intersecting broken line whose endpoints coincide: when such a knot is constrained to lie in a plane, then it is simply a polygon.From the entry knot
• We should be encouraging and supporting expensive bi-mode freight locomotives, especially where capacity is constrained.2024 October 30, Paul Clifton, “How can freight be a major part of rail's future?”, in RAIL, number 1021, page 57. From the entry encourage
• The user's feet are constrained on the soleplate by the toe band (h).2010, Doina Pisla, Marco Ceccarelli, Manfred Husty, New Trends in Mechanism Science: Analysis and Design, page 321. From the entry soleplate
• Transsexual people (and others) need to realize that treatment is constrained by the frontiers of medical knowledge.1992, Dallas Denny, “Commentary: The Importance of Informed Consent”, in Chrysalis Quarterly, volume 1, number 4, →ISSN, page 55, column 3. From the entry phalloplastician
• They use words like appraisal, evaluation, assessment, their Roget's litany, to avoid the constrained "test" connotation.1987, Robert Mills Gagné, Instructional Technology: Foundations, page 364. From the entry Roget's

Meaning of constrain

1. verb To force physically, by strong persuasion or pressuring; to compel; to oblige.
2. verb To keep within close bounds; to confine.
3. verb To reduce a result in response to limited resources.

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Questions about the past tense of constrain

What is the past tense of constrain?

The past tense of constrain is constrained.

What is the past participle of constrain?

The past participle of constrain is constrained.

Is constrain a regular or irregular verb?

Constrain is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.