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adjective
- 1. appearing forced or overly controlled: "he was acting in a constrained manner"
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CONSTRAINED definition: 1. forced to do something against your will: 2. Constrained behaviour is forced and unnatural: 3…. Learn more.
a. : to force by imposed stricture, restriction, or limitation. Teenagers often feel constrained by rules. an artist constrained by a client's requirements. b. : to restrict the motion of (a mechanical body) to a particular mode. 2. : compress. also: to clasp tightly. 3. : to secure by or as if by bonds : confine. constrained to a dungeon.
to limit someone's freedom, or to limit the way something develops or grows: Rising energy costs are constraining consumer and business spending. (Definition of constrain from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of constrain. constrain.
Constrained definition: forced, compelled, or obliged. See examples of CONSTRAINED used in a sentence.
something that controls what you do by keeping you within particular limits: constraint of The constraints of politeness wouldn't allow her to say what she really thought about his cooking. constraint on Financial constraints on the company are preventing them from employing new staff.
Definition of constrain verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
adjective. 1. forced, compelled, or obliged. a constrained confession. 2. stiff or unnatural; uneasy or embarrassed. a constrained manner. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC. Modified entries © 2019 by Penguin Random House LLC and HarperCollins Publishers Ltd. Derived forms. constrainedly (kənˈstreinɪdli)
