"restricted" meaning in English

See restricted in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /rɪˈstrɪktɪd/ Audio: en-us-restricted.ogg [US] Forms: restricted [positive], more restricted [comparative], most restricted [superlative]
Head templates: {{adj|more=true}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If something is restricted, it is limited.
    Sense id: simple-restricted-en-adj-iGZcJK8f
  2. If something is restricted, it is available only to certain people.
    Sense id: simple-restricted-en-adj-lqs4sBdo
  3. One of the levels of the secrecy of an official document.
    Sense id: simple-restricted-en-adj-aFeuAdil

Verb

IPA: /rɪˈstrɪktɪd/ Audio: en-us-restricted.ogg [US] Forms: restrict [canonical], restricts [third-person, singular], restricted [past], restricted [past, participle], restricting [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb|restrict}} [POS TABLE]
  1. The past tense and past participle of restrict.
    Sense id: simple-restricted-en-verb-nL-usbxp
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