CONSTRAINT


Meaning of CONSTRAINT in English

/ kənˈstreɪnt; NAmE / noun

1.

[ C ] constraint (on sth) a thing that limits or restricts sth, or your freedom to do sth

SYN restriction :

constraints of time / money / space

financial / economic / legal / political constraints

This decision will impose serious constraints on all schools.

➡ note at limit

2.

[ U ] strict control over the way that you behave or are allowed to behave :

At last we could relax and talk without constraint.

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WORD ORIGIN

late Middle English (in the sense coercion ): from Old French constreinte , feminine past participle of constraindre , from Latin constringere bind tightly together.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.