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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

narrow down en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic) To make more specific.
    • All the food on the menu looked delicious, so I tried to narrow down my choices to only healthy foods.
    • After consulting with witnesses, the police narrowed down the suspects to those who had facial hair.

Forms

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narrows down Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
narrowed down Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
narrowed down Tense=Past lexicographic
narrowing down Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Translations (23)

pl zawęzić (to make more specific) · es limitar (to make more specific) · es reducir (to make more specific) · ru сузить (to make more specific) · es precisar (to make more specific) · es restringir (to make more specific) · tr daraltmak (to make more specific) · bg свеждам до (to make more specific) · es especificar (to make more specific) · de zuspitzen (to make more specific) · de eingrenzen (to make more specific) · es particularizar (to make more specific) · es acinturar (to make more specific) · es ceñir (to make more specific) · es estrechar (to make more specific) · es acotar (to make more specific) · es facilitar (to make more specific) · es enangostar (to make more specific) · es angostar (to make more specific) · pl zawężać (to make more specific) · de einengen (to make more specific) · la angustō (to make more specific) · de einschränken (to make more specific)