verb · neutral
constrain
/kənˈstreɪn/con·STRAIN
to limit someone's actions or restrict something; to force someone to behave in a particular way
Examples
“Financial difficulties constrain the company's expansion plans.”
“Families may be constrained by social expectations.”
“Time constraints prevented us from completing the survey.”
Band 8 sentence
“Budgetary limitations constrain researchers from conducting long-term experiments in many fields.”
Collocations
- be constrained by
- time constraints
- constrain someone from doing something
Word family
Common mistakes
constrain to do something→constrain someone from doing something / constrain someone to do something (có nghĩa khác)
There is many constraint→There are many constraints
Say it for a higher band
5limit→6restrict→7+constrain
Synonyms
restrict
Easily confused
restrict
“The new law restricts the sale of alcohol after midnight.”
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