constrain

English

Pronunciation

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  Rhymes: -eɪn

Etymology

Middle French constraindre, ultimately from Latin constringō. Compare French contraindre.

Verb

constrain (third-person singular simple present constrains, present participle constraining, simple past and past participle constrained)

1. (transitive) to force physically, by strong persuasion or pressurizing; to compel; to oblige
2. (transitive) to keep within close bounds; to confine
3. (transitive) to reduce a result in response to limited resources

Derived terms

• constraint

Related terms

• restrain

Translations

to force; to compel; to oblige

• Bulgarian: принуждавам (bg) (prinuždavam), насилвам (bg) (nasilvam)
• Chinese: 限制 (xiànzhì), 束缚 (shùfù), 拘禁 (jūjīn)
• Danish: begrænse (da)
• Finnish: pakottaa (fi)
• French: astreindre (fr), contraindre (fr), confiner (fr)
• German: behindern (de), einschränken (de), limitieren (de)
• Ido: obligar, koaktar
• Italian: costringere (it)

• Korean: 제한 (jehan), 구속 (gusok), 금지 (geumji)
• Norwegian: begrense (no)
• Old English: bǣdan (ang)
• Portuguese: constrangir (pt)
• Russian: принуждать (ru) (prinuždát’)
• Serbo-Croatian: prisiliti (sh)
• Spanish: constreñir (es), limitar (es), restringir (es), obligar (es)
• Swedish: begränsa (sv)
• Turkish: zorlamak (tr)

to keep within close bounds; to confine

• Bulgarian: ограничавам (bg) (ograničavam)
• Italian: limitare (it)

• Russian: ограничивать (ru) (ograničivatʹ)

to reduce a result in response to limited resources

Anagrams

• consarn it, introscan, non-racist, nonracist, transonic