restricted

Syllables: re·strict·ed/ɹɪˈstɹɪktɪd/

restricted is the simple past and past participle of restrict.

Adjective

restricted (comparative more restricted, superlative most restricted)

Limited within bounds.
Available only to certain authorized groups of people.
- restricted area
- restricted access
(US, historical) Only available to customers who do not belong to racial, ethnic or religious minorities.
- This hotel is restricted: no Blacks.

restrict (third-person singular simple present restricts, present participle restricting, simple past and past participle restricted)

To restrain within boundaries; to limit; to confine
- After suffering diahrroea, the patient was restricted to a diet of rice, cold meat, and yoghurt.
Synonyms:

limit, bound, circumscribe, withstrain, restrain, repress, curb, coerce, quarantine
(specifically) To consider (a function) as defined on a subset of its original domain.
- If we restrict sine to #92;left#91;-#92;frac#92;pi2,#92;frac#92;pi2#92;right#93;, we can define its inverse.

comparative	more restricted
superlative	most restricted

What does restricted mean?: Restricted means limited within bounds.
What is restricted the simple past and past participle of?: Restricted is the simple past and past participle of restrict.
What part of speech is restricted?: Restricted is an adjective.
How do you pronounce restricted?: Restricted is pronounced /ɹɪˈstɹɪktɪd/.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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