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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024con•straint /kənˈstreɪnt/USA pronunciation n. - a limitation;
something that restricts one's actions or powers:[countable]There were so many constraints in my new position that I had more responsibility and less authority. - the holding back or tight controlling of natural feelings and desires:[uncountable]He kept his voice quiet with constraint and subdued his anger.
See -strain-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024con•straint (kən strānt′),USA pronunciation n. - limitation or restriction.
- repression of natural feelings and impulses:to practice constraint.
- unnatural restraint in manner, conversation, etc.;
embarrassment. - something that constrains.
- the act of constraining.
- the condition of being constrained.
- Linguisticsa restriction on the operation of a linguistic rule or the occurrence of a linguistic construction.
- Middle French, noun, nominal use of feminine past participle of constreindre; see constrain
- Middle English constreinte 1350–1400
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged force, obligation, pressure.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: constraint /kənˈstreɪnt/ n - compulsion, force, or restraint
- repression or control of natural feelings or impulses
- a forced unnatural manner; inhibition
- something that serves to constrain; restrictive condition: social constraints kept him silent
- any very general restriction on a sentence formation rule
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