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| 1. | [ adjective ] restricting the scope or freedom of action | |
| Synonyms: | constraining confining restricting constrictive | |
| Related terms: | restrictive | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] (grammar) strictly limiting the reference of a modified word or phrase | |
| Examples: | "the restrictive clause in `Each made a list of the books that had influenced him' limits the books on the list to only those particular ones defined by the clause" |
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| Related terms: | grammar restrictive | |
| 3. | [ noun ] (grammar) the grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase | |
| Synonyms: | qualifying modification | |
| Related terms: | grammatical_relation restrictiveness apposition modify | |
