ALL meanings of restrictive
re·stric·tive
R r - abbreviation RESTRICTIVE restricting 1
- adjective restrictive grammar: that specifies 1
- adjective restrictive tending or serving to restrict. 1
- adjective restrictive of the nature of a restriction. 1
- adjective restrictive expressing or implying restriction or limitation of application, as terms, expressions, etc. 1
- adjective restrictive Grammar. limiting the meaning of a modified element: a restrictive adjective. Compare descriptive (def 2b). 1
- adjective restrictive Something that is restrictive prevents people from doing what they want to do, or from moving freely. 0
- adjective restrictive restricting or tending to restrict 0
- adjective restrictive denoting a relative clause or phrase that restricts the number of possible referents of its antecedent. The relative clause in Americans who live in New York is restrictive; the relative clause in Americans, who are generally extrovert, is nonrestrictive 0
- adjective restrictive restricting or tending to restrict; limiting 0
- adjective restrictive designating a modifier, as a word, phrase, or subordinate clause, that limits the reference of the word or phrase it modifies and thus is essential to the meaning of a sentence 0