Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to restrict
Participle: restricted
Gerund: restricting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | restrict |
| you | restrict |
| he;she;it | restricts |
| we | restrict |
| you | restrict |
| they | restrict |
Perfect
| I | have restricted |
| you | have restricted |
| he;she;it | has restricted |
| we | have restricted |
| you | have restricted |
| they | have restricted |
Past
| I | restricted |
| you | restricted |
| he;she;it | restricted |
| we | restricted |
| you | restricted |
| they | restricted |
Pluperfect
| I | had restricted |
| you | had restricted |
| he;she;it | had restricted |
| we | had restricted |
| you | had restricted |
| they | had restricted |
Future
| I | will restrict |
| you | will restrict |
| he;she;it | will restrict |
| we | will restrict |
| you | will restrict |
| they | will restrict |
Future Perfect
| I | will have restricted |
| you | will have restricted |
| he;she;it | will have restricted |
| we | will have restricted |
| you | will have restricted |
| they | will have restricted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | restrict |
| you | restrict |
| he;she;it | restrict |
| we | restrict |
| you | restrict |
| they | restrict |
Perfect
| I | have restricted |
| you | have restricted |
| he;she;it | have restricted |
| we | have restricted |
| you | have restricted |
| they | have restricted |
Imperfect
| I | restricted |
| you | restricted |
| he;she;it | restricted |
| we | restricted |
| you | restricted |
| they | restricted |
Pluperfect
| I | had restricted |
| you | had restricted |
| he;she;it | had restricted |
| we | had restricted |
| you | had restricted |
| they | had restricted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would restrict |
| you | would restrict |
| he;she;it | would restrict |
| we | would restrict |
| you | would restrict |
| they | would restrict |
Perfect
| I | would have restricted |
| you | would have restricted |
| he;she;it | would have restricted |
| we | would have restricted |
| you | would have restricted |
| they | would have restricted |
Imperative
| you | restrict |
| we | Let's restrict |
| you | restrict |
Verbs conjugated like 'restrict'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'restrict'
abstrict,
adstrict,
astrict,
derestrict,
destruct,
district,
redistrict,
rescript,
restick,
restreet,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to make difficult to accomplish; to frustrate, act as obstacle
- behedge, forestay, forslow, frustrate, get in the way, hamper, handicap, hinder, hold up, impede, incommode, obstruct, overslaugh, prevene, prevent, retard, slow down, stay, thwart, thwarten, umbeset, undermine
- to keep under control
- behedge, bind, chasten, check, contain, cork, curb, curtail, dampen, hamshackle, limit, repress, restrain, shackle, stay, stifle, stop, straiten, suppress, throttle, withhold, withstrain
- restrain
- confine, limit, constrict, bound, curb, circumscribe, abridge
Antonyms
- restrain
- release, unbind, loosen
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin restrictus, perfect passive participle of restringō (“draw back tightly; restrain, restrict”), from re- (“back, again”) + stringō (“press, tighten, compress”). Doublet of ristretto as an adjective.
Sample Sentences
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[...] him understand explicitly that I preferred to keep _some_ of my clothes for my own personal wearing; also, I put his magnificence upon an allowance of cologne-water, and actually was so cruel as to restrict him to one dozen of my cambric handkerchiefs. Dolph was particularly huffy about it, and I had to talk to him like a father, to bring him round. ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)