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The restriction of religion to private life therefore does not necessarily threaten the vital interests of the majority religion, if there is one, and it protects minority religions from tyranny of the majority.
Phillip E. Johnson

Meaning of "restriction" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF RESTRICTION

restriction  [rɪˈstrɪkʃən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RESTRICTION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Restriction is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES RESTRICTION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Restriction

Restriction, restrict or restrictor may refer to: ▪ Restriction, an aspect of a mathematical function ▪ Restrictions, an album by Cactus ▪ restrict, a keyword in the C programming language used in pointer declarations ▪ Restrictor, a word or morpheme that specifies the meaning of a quantifier ▪ Restriction enzyme, a type of enzyme that cleaves genetic material ▪ Restriction, a term in medieval Supposition theory...

Definition of restriction in the English dictionary

The first definition of restriction in the dictionary is something that restricts; a restrictive measure, law, etc. Other definition of restriction is the act of restricting or the state of being restricted. Restriction is also a condition that imposes a constraint on the possible values of a variable or on the domain of arguments of a function.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH RESTRICTION


abstriction
æbˈstrɪkʃən
addiction
əˈdɪkʃən
affliction
əˈflɪkʃən
antifriction
ˌæntɪˈfrɪkʃən
astriction
əˈstrɪkʃən
constriction
kənˈstrɪkʃən
contradiction
ˌkɒntrəˈdɪkʃən
conviction
kənˈvɪkʃən
depiction
dɪˈpɪkʃən
electrostriction
ɪˌlɛktrəʊˈstrɪkʃən
fiction
ˈfɪkʃən
friction
ˈfrɪkʃən
jurisdiction
ˌdʒʊərɪsˈdɪkʃən
magnetostriction
mæɡˌniːtəʊˈstrɪkʃən
nonfiction
ˌnɒnˈfɪkʃən
obstriction
əbˈstrɪkʃən
prediction
prɪˈdɪkʃən
prestriction
prɪˈstrɪkʃən
striction
ˈstrɪkʃən
vasoconstriction
ˌveɪzəʊkənˈstrɪkʃən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RESTRICTION

restrict
restricted
restricted area
restricted code
restricted currency
restricted users group
restrictedly
restrictedness
restriction enzyme
restriction fragment
restrictionism
restrictionist
restrictive
restrictive clause
restrictive covenant
restrictive practice
restrictive relative clause
restrictively
restrictiveness
restrike

WORDS THAT END LIKE RESTRICTION

accreditation
action
attraction
auction
collection
connection
construction
correction
course of action
detection
direction
election
function
introduction
production
protection
reaction
satisfaction
section
selection
transaction

Synonyms and antonyms of restriction in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «RESTRICTION»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «restriction» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of restriction

Translation of «restriction» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RESTRICTION

Find out the translation of restriction to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of restriction from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «restriction» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

限制条例
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

restricción
570 millions of speakers

English

restriction
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

प्रतिबंध
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تقييد
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ограничение
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

restrição
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সীমাবদ্ধতা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

restriction
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sekatan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Beschränkung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

制限
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

규제
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Watesan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hạn chế
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கட்டுப்பாடு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्रतिबंध
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kısıtlama
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

restrizione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ograniczenie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

обмеження
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

restricție
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

περιορισμό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

beperking
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

begränsning
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

begrensning
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of restriction

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RESTRICTION»

The term «restriction» is very widely used and occupies the 13.028 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «RESTRICTION» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «restriction» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «restriction» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about restriction

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10 QUOTES WITH «RESTRICTION»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word restriction.
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Rick Boucher
The first legislation that I produced relating to the Internet was a bill to overturn a restriction inside of the law that prohibited the Internet backbone from being used for anything other than research and scientific and educational communication.
2
Greg Boyle
When the vastness of God meets the restriction of our own humanity, words can't hold it. The best we can do is find the moments that rhyme with this expansive heart of God.
3
Willa Cather
The condition every art requires is, not so much freedom from restriction, as freedom from adulteration and from the intrusion of foreign matter.
4
Emanuel Celler
I had fought against the unjust restriction of immigration.
5
Asghar Farhadi
There is no privilege in restriction. In other words, I disagree with people who say restriction makes you more creative. I think that's a misleading slogan. I might have been more creative without them than with them.
6
Niger Innis
The purposeful restriction of knowledge has been at the heart of untold misery and hardship in this world. Serfs were kept illiterate so as to not jeopardize the feudal system. Slaves were kept in the dark on a variety of subjects so as to not provide them the possibility of escape.
7
A. J. Jacobs
I tried the paleo diet, which is the caveman diet - lots of meat. And I tried the calorie restriction diet: The idea is that if you eat very, very little - if you're on the verge of starvation, you will live a very long time, whether or not you want to, of course.
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Karl Jaspers
Philosophy as practice does not mean its restriction to utility or applicability, that is, to what serves morality or produces serenity of soul.
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Phillip E. Johnson
The restriction of religion to private life therefore does not necessarily threaten the vital interests of the majority religion, if there is one, and it protects minority religions from tyranny of the majority.
10
William Lyon Mackenzie King
On behalf of the federal government, I wish now publicly to appeal to the provinces to lend their co-operation in furthering our country's war effort by effecting at as early a date as may be possible this much needed restriction.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RESTRICTION»

Discover the use of restriction in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to restriction and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Calorie Restriction, Aging and Longevity
This book brings us closer to an understanding at the molecular, cellular and whole organism level of the way forward.
Arthur V. Everitt, 2010
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Caloric Restriction: A Key to Understanding and Modulating ...
This book aims to provide the growing number of researchers in this field (faculty, postdoctoral trainees, and graduate students) with a detailed knowledge of what is known about caloric restriction within the frame of gerontology, as well ...
E.J. Masoro, 2002
3
Restriction Endonucleases
The present book deals with all aspects of restriction endonucleases including nomenclature, diversity, evolution, genetics, structure and function, mechanism of target site location and DNA recognition, enzymology, protein design, and ...
Alfred Pingoud, 2004
4
Fencing for Conservation: Restriction of Evolutionary ...
How long will these poison campaigns work before tolerance, aversion or resistance evolves in the introduced predator populations?
Michael J. Somers, Matthew Hayward, 2011
5
Mechanisms of Dietary Restriction in Aging and Disease
Dietary restriction uniquely and robustly increases maximum lifespan and greatly reduces age-related diseases in many species, including yeast, flies, nematodes, and mammals.
Charles V. Mobbs, Kelvin Yen, Patrick R. Hof, 2007
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Intrauterine growth restriction: aetiology and management
This book is unique in that it covers both the aetiology and pathogenesis as well as clinical management and also includes sections on definitions and potential future advances.
John Kingdom, Philip Baker, 2000
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Collocation, selection restriction and the teaching of the ...
The following paper deals with collocation, selection restriction and the teaching of the English verb grammar.
Yvonne Müller, 2008
8
PCR Cloning Protocols
Restriction sites can be introduced into the 5' end of the PCR primers. As amplification reaction proceeds, the primers are integrated into the PCR products . After digestion by the corresponding restriction enzymes, sticky ends form at both ends ...
Bing-Yuan Chen, Harry W. Janes, 2002
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Modern Epidemiology
Such a process is known as matched randomization or stratified randomization. RESTRICTION A variable cannot produce confounding if it is prohibited from varying. Restricting the admissibility criteria for subjects to be included in a study is ...
Kenneth J. Rothman, Sander Greenland, Timothy L. Lash, 2008
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Microbial Genetics
Restriction enzymes can be used to generate maps of genomic DNA, to identify mutant sites and to produce mutations at particular sites. The majority of the applications, however, are cloning, mutating, and overexpressing genes, for example: ...
Stanley R. Maloy, John E. Cronan, David Freifelder, 1994

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RESTRICTION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term restriction is used in the context of the following news items.
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Borno lifts three-day curfew, vehicle restriction in Maiduguri
Borno State governor, Kashim Shettima The Borno State government has lifted the three-day curfew and restriction of vehicles in Maiduguri metropolis owing to ... «The Guardian Nigeria, Jul 15»
2
10-year casino restriction OK'd on shuttered Trump Plaza
ATLANTIC CITY – Atlantic City's former Trump Plaza casino is likely to remain closed for at least 10 years following a judge's approval Thursday of a deed ... «Asbury Park Press, Jul 15»
3
New law removes gun restriction for people hunting with bows
Rick Ward, a Republican from Port Allen, that removes a restriction on the ... The new law, signed Monday, removing that restriction takes effect immediately. «Washington Times, Jun 15»
4
Trump request for deed restriction raises hackles
Does it matter, really, that Trump Entertainment wants to slap a decade-long deed restriction on the Trump Plaza site to keep it from housing a gambling ... «Press of Atlantic City, Jun 15»
5
Singaporean teen arrested under ISA released, given Restriction
SINGAPORE: A Singaporean youth who was arrested under the Internal Security Act in May has been released from custody and is placed under a Restriction ... «Channel News Asia, Jun 15»
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Small Oregon town's state-ordered water restriction ends
WESTFIR, Ore. (AP) — Officials in the small city of Westfir, Oregon, are easing water restrictions that banned outdoor uses like watering lawns or washing cars. «Capital Press, Jun 15»
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High-carb diet could 'equal calorie restriction'
"A 40 per cent calorie-restriction diet is impossible for most people," he says. "The 5:2 diet is very difficult for most people and that's nothing like 40 per cent.". «ABC Science Online, May 15»
8
Water use restrictions implemented in Alberta municipalities
EDMONTON — The dry conditions have prompted several communities around Alberta to issue water use restrictions. Parkland County and the Town of Stony ... «Globalnews.ca, May 15»
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Deed restriction kills plan for urban farm in Beaufort
A deed restriction on Beaufort's Southside Park has killed a plan for a proposed nonprofit urban farm, a plan that might have been doomed anyway as city ... «Hilton Head Island Packet, May 15»
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Edmonton fire danger hits 'extreme' level; open burning restriction in …
The restriction was put in place Wednesday due to prolonged dry, hot and windy conditions. The City of Edmonton said as of Wednesday, the fire danger rating ... «Globalnews.ca, May 15»

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