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constrain
/kənˈstɹeɪn/
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What does constrain mean?
verb
- To force physically, by strong persuasion or pressuring; to compel; to oblige.
- To keep within close bounds; to confine.
- 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%.
For with little external to constrain us, the innermost necessities in our being, these still drive us on.
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But this should induce and constrain you by itself, that He desires it and that it is pleasing to Him.
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.
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.