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constrained en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /kənˈstɹɛjnd/ (British, Southern, Standard)
  • (US) audio
  • /kənˈstɹeɪnd/

Meanings

  1. Kept within close bounds; confined.
    • The epistle is opened and read—with a little wonder, most probably not a little vexation, at its constrained style. 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter III, in Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 54:
  2. Forced; compelled.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
more constrained Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most constrained Degree=Sup lexicographic

Deriveds

multiconstrained · underconstrained · constrainedly · unconstrained · constrainedness · semiconstrained · nonconstrained

constrained en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /kənˈstɹɛjnd/ (British, Southern, Standard)
  • (US) audio
  • /kənˈstɹeɪnd/

Meanings

  1. (form-of, participle, past) simple past and past participle of constrain
    form of constrain