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{
"term": "restriction",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"academic": true,
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a rule or law that limits what you can do or what can happen",
"sensetop": "restriction on something",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "**import/speed/travel restrictions**"
},
{
"text": "to **impose/place a restriction on something**",
"contextForm": "restriction on something"
},
{
"text": "The government has agreed to **lift restrictions** on press freedom."
},
{
"text": "There are no restrictions on the amount of money you can withdraw."
},
{
"text": "Confidentiality restrictions prevent me from giving any names."
},
{
"text": "He doesn't put any restrictions on me."
},
{
"text": "The 30 mph speed restriction applies in all built-up areas."
},
{
"text": "The government has introduced tough new import restrictions."
},
{
"text": "The press asked for restrictions on reporting the war to be lifted."
},
{
"text": "The regulations were seen as a restriction on personal freedom."
},
{
"text": "The removal of petty restrictions has made life easier."
},
{
"text": "The restriction was relaxed in 2002."
},
{
"text": "The right of sale is subject to certain restrictions."
},
{
"text": "They have the potential to enforce restrictions such as no smoking policies."
},
{
"text": "a Senate bill that seeks to tighten restrictions on coal plant emissions"
},
{
"text": "arbitrary restrictions on medicines"
},
{
"text": "free movement of goods between member countries without any artificial restrictions"
},
{
"text": "plans to create further vehicle restrictions in the city"
},
{
"text": "restrictions that limit access to land and raw materials"
},
{
"text": "the dietary restrictions of Judaism"
},
{
"text": "Speed restrictions are in operation on the M4 due to poor visibility."
},
{
"text": "The hospital management has imposed a restriction on visiting hours."
},
{
"text": "They had to live for a month with certain restrictions on their freedom of movement."
}
],
"topics": ["Permission and obligation"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["draconian", "harsh", "severe"],
"verb + restriction": ["create", "impose", "introduce"],
"restriction + verb": ["affect something", "apply", "limit something"],
"restriction + noun": ["order"],
"preposition": [
"with restriction",
"with no restriction",
"without restriction"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "the act of limiting or controlling somebody/something",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "sports clothes that prevent any restriction of movement"
},
{
"text": "A diet to lose weight relies on calorie restriction in order to obtain results."
},
{
"text": "Citizens of the EU can travel without restriction within the EU."
},
{
"text": "another instance of the restriction of basic civil liberties"
},
{
"text": "the health benefits of calorie restriction"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["draconian", "harsh", "severe"],
"verb + restriction": ["create", "impose", "introduce"],
"restriction + verb": ["affect something", "apply", "limit something"],
"restriction + noun": ["order"],
"preposition": [
"with restriction",
"with no restriction",
"without restriction"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "a thing that limits the amount of freedom you have",
"examples": [
{
"text": "the restrictions of a prison"
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/rɪˈstrɪkʃn/",
"audio": "re/restriction/restriction__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/rɪˈstrɪkʃn/",
"audio": "re/restriction/restriction__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin restrictio(n-), from restringere ‘bind fast, confine’, from re- ‘back’ + stringere ‘to tie, pull tight’."
}