transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈstrā-t ə n ]
transitive verb
( strait·ened ; strait·en·ing ˈstrāt-niŋ, ˈstrā-t ə n-iŋ)
Date: circa 1552
1.
a. : to make strait or narrow
b. : to hem in : confine
2. archaic : to restrict in freedom or scope : hamper
3. : to subject to distress, privation, or deficiency
in straiten ed circumstances