Restricted
[rɪ'strɪktɪd]
Definition
(adj.) the lowest level of official classification for documents .
(adj.) restricted in meaning; (as e.g. `man' in `a tall man') .
(adj.) subject to restriction or subjected to restriction; 'of restricted importance' .
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Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Restrict
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Examples
- When the purpose of the activity is restricted to ascertaining these qualities, the resulting knowledge is only technical. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- In a recent and more restricted sense, it is applied to a machine that cuts grain, separates it into gavels, and binds it. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Thus vanquished and restricted, she pined, like any other chained denizen of deserts. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Varieties generally have much restricted ranges. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- On the death of the old people, I suppose there will be more to come; but how it may be restricted or locked up, I don't know. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- When men identified their interests exclusively with the concerns of a narrow group, their generalizations were correspondingly restricted. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- As an end-all and be-all of geographical knowledge it is fatally restricted. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- We have, also, seen that the species, which are the commonest and most widely-diffused, vary more than do the rare and restricted species. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Possibly there were a few mendicants, and, in some restricted regions, religious pilgrims. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- And this is incompatible with closely restricted physical activity. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The expression of these kindly feelings were not restricted to a section of the country, nor to a division of the people. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- But before the nineteenth century even these massive movements were comparatively restricted. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In one respect, however, the creative freedom of the new nation was very seriously restricted. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- You will be restricted to new milk and Yorkshire oatcake. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Not that it makes it wholly unavailable but that its applicability is restricted to routine activities carried on under the supervision of others. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- It war good foon, I'd be bound, said Hiram, whose fun was much restricted by circumstances. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Such restricted specialism is impossible; nothing could be more absurd than to try to educate individuals with an eye to only one line of activity. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Lily had abundant energy of her own, but it was restricted by the necessity of adapting herself to her aunt's habits. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- I married when I came back--a nice woman in the tobacco trade--very fond of me--but the trade was restricted, as we say. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The reason for this is that the chlorine gas is not free to do its work, but is restricted by its combination with the other substances. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Species very closely allied to other species apparently have restricted ranges. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
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