restriction
US /riˈstrɪkʃən/
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
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 listdescribing dietary restrictions list (a regulated daily food allowance)
- Medium parking restrictions around the buildingto parking restrictions around the building, meaning to place temporarily
- Hard lift export restrictions on advanced semiconductorsto lift export restrictions on advanced semiconductors, meaning to raise from a lower to a higher position
- Very Hard chafing under onerous bureaucratic restrictionsto chafing under onerous bureaucratic restrictions, meaning to become or make sore by or as if by rubbing
Learner's English edition · Curated definitions for TOEIC learners.