See constrain in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "prinuždavam",
"sense": "to force; to compel; to oblige",
"word": "принуждавам"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "nasilvam",
"sense": "to force; to compel; to oblige",
"word": "насилвам"
},
{
"code": "kw",
"lang": "Cornish",
"sense": "to force; to compel; to oblige",
"word": "konstrina"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to force; to compel; to oblige",
"word": "begrænse"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to force; to compel; to oblige",
"word": "pakottaa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to force; to compel; to oblige",
"word": "astreindre"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to force; to compel; to oblige",
"word": "contraindre"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to force; to compel; to oblige",
"word": "confiner"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to force; to compel; to oblige",
"word": "behindern"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to force; to compel; to oblige",
"word": "einschränken"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to force; to compel; to oblige",
"word": "limitieren"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to force; to compel; to oblige",
"word": "obligar"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to force; to compel; to oblige",
"word": "koaktar"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to force; to compel; to oblige",
"word": "costringere"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "jehan",
"sense": "to force; to compel; to oblige",
"word": "제한"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "gusok",
"sense": "to force; to compel; to oblige",
"word": "구속"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "geumji",
"sense": "to force; to compel; to oblige",
"word": "금지"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to force; to compel; to oblige",
"word": "begrense"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "to force; to compel; to oblige",
"word": "bǣdan"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to force; to compel; to oblige",
"word": "constranger"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to force; to compel; to oblige",
"word": "apertar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to force; to compel; to oblige",
"word": "restringir"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prinuždátʹ",
"sense": "to force; to compel; to oblige",
"word": "принужда́ть"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to force; to compel; to oblige",
"word": "prisiliti"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to force; to compel; to oblige",
"word": "constreñir"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to force; to compel; to oblige",
"word": "limitar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to force; to compel; to oblige",
"word": "restringir"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to force; to compel; to oblige",
"word": "obligar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to force; to compel; to oblige",
"word": "begränsa"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to force; to compel; to oblige",
"word": "zorlamak"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "ograničavam",
"sense": "to keep within close bounds; to confine",
"word": "ограничавам"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to keep within close bounds; to confine",
"word": "rajata"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to keep within close bounds; to confine",
"word": "rajoittaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to keep within close bounds; to confine",
"word": "eristää"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to keep within close bounds; to confine",
"word": "sulkea"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "pedáō",
"sense": "to keep within close bounds; to confine",
"word": "πεδάω"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to keep within close bounds; to confine",
"word": "limitare"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to keep within close bounds; to confine",
"word": "whakatina"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to keep within close bounds; to confine",
"word": "confinar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to keep within close bounds; to confine",
"word": "restringir"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ograníčivatʹ",
"sense": "to keep within close bounds; to confine",
"word": "ограни́чивать"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to reduce a result in response to limited resources",
"word": "rajoittaa"
}
],
"word": "constrain"
}
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