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constrain

/kənˈstɹeɪn/

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What does constrain mean?

verb

  1. To force physically, by strong persuasion or pressuring; to compel; to oblige.
  2. To keep within close bounds; to confine.
  3. To reduce a result in response to limited resources.

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IPA pronunciation

/kənˈstɹeɪn/

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Though the impasse is over, political turmoil and inflated energy costs will probably constrain growth to under 4%.
United States. Central Intelligence AgencyThe 1991 CIA World FactbookProject Gutenberg ebook #25
For with little external to constrain us, the innermost necessities in our being, these still drive us on.
Herman MelvilleMoby Dick; Or, The WhaleProject Gutenberg ebook #2701
More book examples (3)
But this should induce and constrain you by itself, that He desires it and that it is pleasing to Him.
Martin LutherMartin Luther's Large Catechism, translated by Bente and DauTranslated by F. (Friedrich) Bente; W. H. T. (William Herman Theodore) DauProject Gutenberg ebook #1722
The more I should see them constrain themselves out of affection to be serviceable to me, the more I should be sorry for their pains.
Michel de MontaigneEssays of Michel de Montaigne — CompleteTranslated by Charles CottonProject Gutenberg ebook #3600
But, wherever a man goes, men will pursue and paw him with their dirty institutions, and, if they can, constrain him to belong to their desperate odd-fellow society.
Henry David ThoreauWalden, and On The Duty Of Civil DisobedienceProject Gutenberg ebook #205