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- [ri-strik-tid]
- /rɪˈstrɪk tɪd/
- /rɪˈstrɪktɪd/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [ri-strik-tid]
- /rɪˈstrɪk tɪd/
Definitions of restricted word
- adjective restricted confined; limited. 1
- adjective restricted bearing the classification restricted, usually the lowest level of classified information. limited to persons authorized to use information, documents, etc., so classified. Compare classification (def 5). 1
- adjective restricted limited to or admitting only members of a particular group or class: a restricted neighborhood; a restricted hotel. 1
- verb with object restricted to confine or keep within limits, as of space, action, choice, intensity, or quantity. 1
- adjective restricted limited 1
- adjective restricted forbidden area 1
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Origin of restricted
First appearance:
before 1820 One of the 38% newest English words
First recorded in 1820-30; restrict + -ed2
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Restricted
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
restricted popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 89% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
restricted usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for restricted
adj restricted
- backdoor — You can use backdoor to describe an action or process if you disapprove of it because you think it has been done in a secret, indirect, or dishonest way.
- backstairs — a secondary staircase in a house, esp one originally for the use of servants
- bedfast — bedridden
- beyond the pale — If you think that someone's actions or behaviour are not acceptable, you can say that they are beyond the pale.
- bounded — (of a set) having a bound, esp where a measure is defined in terms of which all the elements of the set, or the differences between all pairs of members, are less than some value, or else all its members lie within some other well-defined set
adjective restricted
- banned — to prohibit, forbid, or bar; interdict: to ban nuclear weapons; The dictator banned all newspapers and books that criticized his regime.
- chained — If you say that someone is chained to a person or a situation, you are emphasizing that there are reasons why they cannot leave that person or situation, even though you think they might like to.
- circumscribed — to draw a line around; encircle: to circumscribe a city on a map.
- claustrophobic — You describe a place or situation as claustrophobic when it makes you feel uncomfortable and unhappy because you are enclosed or restricted.
- cliquey — If you describe a group of people or their behaviour as cliquey, you mean they spend their time only with other members of the group and seem unfriendly towards people who are not in the group.
verb restricted
- concussed — If someone is concussed, they lose consciousness or feel sick or confused because they have been hit hard on the head.
- dammed — a barrier to obstruct the flow of water, especially one of earth, masonry, etc., built across a stream or river.
- disfranchised — Simple past tense and past participle of disfranchise.
- dragooned — Simple past tense and past participle of dragoon.
- embargoed — Simple past tense and past participle of embargo.
Antonyms for restricted
adj restricted
- absolute — Absolute means total and complete.
- absolutist — the principle or the exercise of complete and unrestricted power in government.
- across the board — If a policy or a situation applies across the board, it affects everything or everyone in a particular group.
- alive with — teeming with; full of (living or moving things)
- all out — not at one's home or place of employment; absent: I stopped by to visit you last night, but you were out.
verb restricted
- circumambulated — Simple past tense and past participle of circumambulate.
- craned — any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
- expanded — Being or having been enlarged, extended, or broadened, in particular.
- loosed — free or released from fastening or attachment: a loose end.
- widened — Simple past tense and past participle of widen.
adjective restricted
- endless — Having or seeming to have no end or limit.
- epidemic — A widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time.
- extensive — Covering or affecting a large area.
- getatable — Capable of being got at; accessible.
- longwinded — Alternative spelling of long-winded.
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