constrain

English

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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

transitive, to force; to compel; to oblige

Bulgarian: принуждавам (bg), насилвам (bg) 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) Russian: принуждать (ru) (prinuždát’) Serbo-Croatian: prisiliti (sh) Spanish: constreñir (es), limitar (es), restringir (es), obligar (es) Swedish: begränsa (sv) Turkish: zorlamak (tr)

transitive, to keep within close bounds; to confine

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

Russian: ограничивать (ru)

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