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Noun [English]

IPA: /kənˈstɹeɪnt/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation], /kənˈstɹæɪnt/ [General-Australian] Audio: en-au-constraint.ogg [Australia] Forms: constraints [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪnt Etymology: From Middle English constreynt, constreynte, from Old French constreinte, past participle of constreindre (“to constrain”), from Latin cōnstringō (corresponding to the past participle cōnstrictus). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*streyg-}}, {{inh|en|enm|constreynt}} Middle English constreynt, {{m|enm|constreynte}} constreynte, {{der|en|fro|constreinte}} Old French constreinte, {{m|fro|constreindre|t=to constrain}} constreindre (“to constrain”), {{der|en|la|cōnstringō}} Latin cōnstringō, {{m|la|cōnstrictus}} cōnstrictus Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} constraint (countable and uncountable, plural constraints)
  1. Something that constrains; a restriction. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (something that constrains): fre (Albanian), متطلب (Arabic), принуда (prinuda) [feminine] (Bulgarian), restricció [feminine] (Catalan), 約束 (Chinese Mandarin), 约束 (yuēshù) (Chinese Mandarin), beperking [feminine] (Dutch), inperking [feminine] (Dutch), begrenzing [feminine] (Dutch), rajoitus (Finnish), raja (Finnish), rajoite (Finnish), contrainte [feminine] (French), restrición [feminine] (Galician), Einschränkung [feminine] (German), Beschränkung [feminine] (German), Restriktion [feminine] (German), Zwang [masculine] (German), Hemmnis [neuter] (German), Auflage [feminine] (German), Bedingung [feminine] (German), Nötigung [feminine] (German), Befangenheit [feminine] (German), Verlegenheit [feminine] (German), Geziertheit [feminine] (German), Zurückhaltung [feminine] (German), Randbedingung [feminine] (German), Nebenbedingung [feminine] (German), περιορισμός (periorismós) [masculine] (Greek), ófrelsi [neuter] (Icelandic), vincolo [masculine] (Italian), costrizione [feminine] (Italian), 束縛 (sokubaku) (alt: そくばく) (Japanese), kekangan (Malay), begrensning [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), باصقی (baskı) (Ottoman Turkish), ograniczenie [neuter] (Polish), przymus [masculine] (Polish), coação [feminine] (Portuguese), compulsão [feminine] (Portuguese), constrângere [feminine] (Romanian), obligație [feminine] (Romanian), ограниче́ние (ograničénije) [neuter] (Russian), èiginn [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), ograničénje [Cyrillic, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), усиљеност [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), ograničénje [Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), usiljenost [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), constreñimiento [masculine] (Spanish), limitación [feminine] (Spanish), restricción [feminine] (Spanish), kısıtlama (Turkish), sınırlama (Turkish), tahdit (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-constraint-en-noun-LhdEDIjm Disambiguation of 'something that constrains': 86 0 4 7 3
  2. An irresistible force or compulsion. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-constraint-en-noun-2Huv92rg
  3. The repression of one's feelings. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-constraint-en-noun-24uPoKvL
  4. (mathematics) A condition that a solution to an optimization problem must satisfy. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Mathematics, Directives Translations (mathematics: condition to a solution): beperking [feminine] (Dutch), randvoorwaarde [feminine] (Dutch), ehto (Finnish), contrainte [feminine] (French), Zwangsbedingung [feminine] (German), vincolo [masculine] (Italian), beskrankning [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), ograniczenie [neuter] (Polish), warunek [masculine] (Polish), restrição [feminine] (Portuguese), ограниче́ние (ograničénije) [neuter] (Russian), restricción [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-constraint-en-noun-puByoYhc Disambiguation of Directives: 23 15 9 32 20 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 1 20 36 19 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 21 1 16 37 24 Topics: mathematics, sciences Disambiguation of 'mathematics: condition to a solution': 6 3 1 77 14
  5. (databases) A linkage or other restriction that maintains database integrity. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Databases
    Sense id: en-constraint-en-noun-G6H7zuG2 Topics: computing, databases, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: constrain, constrict, restraint
Derived forms: budget constraint, constraint cluster, constraint logic programming, constraint satisfaction, constraintive, Hamiltonian constraint, holonomic constraint, integrity constraint, liquidity constraint, markedness constraint, multiconstraint, subconstraint, theory of constraints

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          "word": "obligație"
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "something that constrains",
      "word": "tahdit"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "mathematics: condition to a solution",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "beperking"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "mathematics: condition to a solution",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "randvoorwaarde"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "mathematics: condition to a solution",
      "word": "ehto"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "mathematics: condition to a solution",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "contrainte"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "mathematics: condition to a solution",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Zwangsbedingung"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "mathematics: condition to a solution",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vincolo"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "mathematics: condition to a solution",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "beskrankning"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "mathematics: condition to a solution",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ograniczenie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "mathematics: condition to a solution",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "warunek"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "mathematics: condition to a solution",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "restrição"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ograničénije",
      "sense": "mathematics: condition to a solution",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ограниче́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "mathematics: condition to a solution",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "restricción"
    }
  ],
  "word": "constraint"
}

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