Constrain Common

Constrain has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Definitions

Verb

compel to behave in a certain way

"Social relations impose courtesy"

"duty constrains one to act often contrary to one's desires or inclinations"

enforce impose constrain

to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement

"This holds the local until the express passengers change trains"

"About a dozen animals were held inside the stockade"

"The illegal immigrants were held at a detention center"

"The terrorists held the journalists for ransom"

restrain confine hold constrain

severely restrict in scope or extent

"tighten the rules"

"stiffen the regulations"

stiffen tighten tighten up constrain

To force physically, by strong persuasion or pressuring; to compel; to oblige.

Example Sentences

"Social relations impose courtesy" verb

"duty constrains one to act often contrary to one's desires or inclinations" verb

"This holds the local until the express passengers change trains" verb

"About a dozen animals were held inside the stockade" verb

"The illegal immigrants were held at a detention center" verb

"The terrorists held the journalists for ransom" verb

"tighten the rules" verb

"stiffen the regulations" verb