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restrict to
restrict someone or something to someone or something
to limit someone or something to someone or something; to confine someone or something to someone or something. (The first something may typically refer to a choice or selection.) When choosing team members, we are restricting them to people they already know. We restricted the choices to Bill, Bob, or Ted.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Atwell | | ['ætwəl] | |
| German | | ['dʒə:mən] | |
| Durante | | doo-RAHN-te | Italian |
| Daphne | | DAF-nee (English), DAHF-nə (Dutch) | Greek Mythology, English, Dutch |
| Alma (1) | | AL-mə (English) | English, Spanish, Italian, Dutch |
| Adrianna | | ayd-ree-AN-ə (English), ahd-RYAHN-nah (Polish) | English, Polish |