restricting
restricting is the present participle and gerund of restrict.
Meaning of restrict
Verb
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
- 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.
Adjective
restricting (comparative more restricting, superlative most restricting)
- Serving to restrict.
Forms of restricting
| comparative | more restricting |
|---|---|
| superlative | most restricting |
Questions about restricting
- What does restricting mean?
- Restricting means serving to restrict.
- What is restricting the present participle and gerund of?
- Restricting is the present participle and gerund of restrict.
- What part of speech is restricting?
- Restricting is an adjective.
Words near restricting in the dictionary
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