Excessive reliance on monetary policy in an attempt to curb inflation could unnecessarily constrain credit and hence business.
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Constrain
//kənˈstɹeɪn//
Synonyms for "constrain" (202 found)
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imprisonincarcerateinhibitinjureinsist uponinternintimidatejailjamjugkeepkeep backkeep fromkeep inkeep in checkkeep in custodykeep in detentionkeep under controlkeep within boundslay
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Verb(4 words)
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3 entriesRelated terms
4 entriesderived
9 entriesrelated to
16 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
42 translations across 21 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- πεδάω verb (to keep within close bounds; to confine)
Bulgarian
3 entries- насилвам verb (to force; to compel; to oblige)
- ограничавам verb (to keep within close bounds; to confine)
- принуждавам verb (to force; to compel; to oblige)
Catalan
1 entries- constrènyer verb (to force; to compel; to oblige)
Cornish
1 entries- konstrina verb (to force; to compel; to oblige)
Danish
1 entries- begrænse verb (to force; to compel; to oblige)
Finnish
4 entries- eristää verb (to keep within close bounds; to confine)
- pakottaa verb (to force; to compel; to oblige)
- rajata verb (to keep within close bounds; to confine)
- rajoittaa verb (to keep within close bounds; to confine)
French
3 entries- astreindre verb (to force; to compel; to oblige)
- confiner verb (to force; to compel; to oblige)
- contraindre verb (to force; to compel; to oblige)
German
3 entries- behindern verb (to force; to compel; to oblige)
- einschränken verb (to force; to compel; to oblige)
- limitieren verb (to force; to compel; to oblige)
Hungarian
2 entries- korlátoz verb (to reduce a result in response to limited resources)
- kényszerít verb (to force; to compel; to oblige)
Ido
2 entries- koaktar verb (to force; to compel; to oblige)
- obligar verb (to force; to compel; to oblige)
Italian
2 entries- costringere verb (to force; to compel; to oblige)
- limitare verb (to keep within close bounds; to confine)
Korean
3 entries- 구속 verb (to force; to compel; to oblige)
- 금지 verb (to force; to compel; to oblige)
- 제한 verb (to force; to compel; to oblige)
Māori
1 entries- whakatina verb (to keep within close bounds; to confine)
Norwegian
1 entries- begrense verb (to force; to compel; to oblige)
Old English
1 entries- bǣdan verb (to force; to compel; to oblige)
Portuguese
4 entries- apertar verb (to force; to compel; to oblige)
- confinar verb (to keep within close bounds; to confine)
- constranger verb (to force; to compel; to oblige)
- restringir verb (to force; to compel; to oblige)
Russian
2 entries- ограни́чивать verb (to keep within close bounds; to confine)
- принужда́ть verb (to force; to compel; to oblige)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- prisiliti verb (to force; to compel; to oblige)
Spanish
1 entries- constreñir verb (to force; to compel; to oblige)
Swedish
1 entries- begränsa verb (to force; to compel; to oblige)
Turkish
1 entries- zorlamak verb (to force; to compel; to oblige)
Sample sentences
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Changes in water availability, both episodic and long-lasting, will constrain different forms of energy production.
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What human trespass would constrain thy power, O Zeus?
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Scarce out of sight of Sicily, they set / their sails to sea, and merrily ploughed the main, / with brazen beaks, when Juno, harbouring yet / within her breast the ever-ranking pain, / mused thus: "Must I then from the work refrain, / nor keep this Trojan from the Latin throne, / baffled, forsooth, because the Fates constrain?"
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