constraint

Definition

Examples

Time is the biggest constraint for our team on this project.

Synonyms

• restrictiona principle that limits the extent of something
• limitationa principle that limits the extent of something
• curban edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter)

Collocations

• Easy finish homework within tight daily time constraints
  to finish homework within tight daily time constraints, meaning to come or bring to a finish or an end
• Medium manage operations within strict quarterly fiscal budget constraints
  to be in charge of or administer regarding operations within strict quarterly fiscal budget constraints
• Hard overcome formidable statutory antitrust regulatory constraints
  to overcome formidable statutory antitrust regulatory constraints, meaning to win a victory over
• Very Hard chafe helplessly under the suffocating institutional constraints of hierarchy
  to chafe helplessly under the suffocating institutional constraints of hierarchy, meaning to become or make sore by or as if by rubbing