"restrictive" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ɹɪˈstɹɪktɪv/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-restrictive.wav Forms: more restrictive [comparative], most restrictive [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɪktɪv Etymology: From Middle French restrictif. Morphologically restrict + -ive. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|frm|restrictif}} Middle French restrictif, {{suffix|en|restrict|ive}} restrict + -ive Head templates: {{en-adj}} restrictive (comparative more restrictive, superlative most restrictive)
  1. Confining, limiting, containing within defined bounds. Translations (confining; limiting): تَقْيِيدِيّ (taqyīdiyy) (Arabic), абме́жавальны (abmjéžavalʹny) (Belarusian), ограничи́телен (ograničítelen) (Bulgarian), restrictiu (Catalan), 限制性 (xiànzhìxìng) (Chinese Mandarin), omezující (Czech), restriktivní (Czech), restriktive (Danish), beperkend (Dutch), piiravate (Estonian), rajoittava (Finnish), restrictif (French), einschränkend (German), restriktiv (German), περιοριστική (perioristikí) (Greek), प्रतिबंधात्मक (pratibandhātmak) (Hindi), korlátozó (Hungarian), ketat (Indonesian), restrittivo (Italian), 限定的 (genteiteki) (alt: げんていてき) (Japanese), 한정적인 (hanjeongjeog-in) (Korean), 제한하는 (jehanhaneun) (Korean), restrictivus (Latin), ierobežojošus (Latvian), ribojančių (Lithuanian), ограничителен (ograničitelen) (Macedonian), рестриктивен (restriktiven) (Macedonian), ketat (Malay), restriktiv (Norwegian Bokmål), محدود (mahdud) (Persian), ograniczający (Polish), restrykcyjny (Polish), restritivo (Portuguese), restrictiv (Romanian), ограничи́тельный (ograničítelʹnyj) (Russian), рестриктиван [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), restriktivan [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), obmedzujúci (Slovak), omejevalen (Slovene), restrictivo (Spanish), จำกัด (jam-gàt) (Thai), kısıtlayıcı (Turkish), обме́жувальний (obméžuvalʹnyj) (Ukrainian), مؤکد (Urdu), hạn chế (Vietnamese)
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  2. (Of clothing) limiting free and easy bodily movement.
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: nonrestrictive, restrictive covenant, restrictive practice, restrictive relative clause

Noun

IPA: /ɹɪˈstɹɪktɪv/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-restrictive.wav Forms: restrictives [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪktɪv Etymology: From Middle French restrictif. Morphologically restrict + -ive. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|frm|restrictif}} Middle French restrictif, {{suffix|en|restrict|ive}} restrict + -ive Head templates: {{en-noun}} restrictive (plural restrictives)
  1. (grammar) A clause that narrows the meaning of a noun or noun phrase. Categories (topical): Grammar
    Sense id: en-restrictive-en-noun-iJceKU8~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 46 40 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

Inflected forms

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          "word": "περιοριστική"
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          "lang": "Persian",
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      ],
      "topics": [
        "grammar",
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɹɪˈstɹɪktɪv/"
    },
    {
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪktɪv"
    }
  ],
  "word": "restrictive"
}

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