restriction
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English restriccioun, from Anglo-Norman restriction, Middle French restriction, and their source, Late Latin restrictiō, from Latin restringō.
Morphologically restrict + -ion.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ɹɪˈstɹɪkʃən/
Audio (Southern England): (file) Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɪkʃən
- Hyphenation: re‧stric‧tion
Noun
[edit]restriction (countable and uncountable, plural restrictions)
- The act of restricting, or the state of being restricted.
- A regulation or limitation that restricts.
- (biology) The mechanism by which a cell degrades foreign DNA material.
Usage notes
[edit]- It is often used with the preposition "on", i.e., "restriction on something".
Derived terms
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[edit]Translations
[edit]act or state
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regulation or limitation
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degradation of DNA
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Anagrams
[edit]French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Middle French restriction, from Old French restriction, borrowed from Late Latin restrictiōnem, from Latin restringō.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]restriction f (plural restrictions)
- restriction (limitation; constraint)
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “restriction”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Late Latin restrictio, restrictionem, from Latin restringo.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]restriction oblique singular, f (oblique plural restrictions, nominative singular restriction, nominative plural restrictions)
- restriction (limitation; constraint)
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[edit]Descendants
[edit]- English: restriction
- French: restriction
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