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restriction

US /riˈstrɪkʃən/

noun Target · B2 Kinh doanh chung Ăn uống

Definition

a principle that limits the extent of something

Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.

Examples

There is a restriction on the number of guests per room.

Word Family

NounNoun
restriction gốc
VerbVerb
AdjectiveAdj
restrictive
AdverbAdv
restrictively

Synonyms

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

Collocations

  • Easy dietary restrictions list
    describing dietary restrictions list (a regulated daily food allowance)
  • Medium parking restrictions around the building
    to parking restrictions around the building, meaning to place temporarily
  • Hard lift export restrictions on advanced semiconductors
    to lift export restrictions on advanced semiconductors, meaning to raise from a lower to a higher position
  • Very Hard chafing under onerous bureaucratic restrictions
    to chafing under onerous bureaucratic restrictions, meaning to become or make sore by or as if by rubbing

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