{
    "term": "restriction",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "academic": true,
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a rule or law that limits what you can do or what can happen",
            "sensetop": "restriction on something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**import/speed/travel restrictions**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to **impose/place a restriction on something**",
                    "contextForm": "restriction on something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The government has agreed to **lift restrictions** on press freedom."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There are no restrictions on the amount of money you can withdraw."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Confidentiality restrictions prevent me from giving any names."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He doesn't put any restrictions on me."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The 30 mph speed restriction applies in all built-up areas."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The government has introduced tough new import restrictions."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The press asked for restrictions on reporting the war to be lifted."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The regulations were seen as a restriction on personal freedom."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The removal of petty restrictions has made life easier."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The restriction was relaxed in 2002."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The right of sale is subject to certain restrictions."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They have the potential to enforce restrictions such as no smoking policies."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a Senate bill that seeks to tighten restrictions on coal plant emissions"
                },
                {
                    "text": "arbitrary restrictions on medicines"
                },
                {
                    "text": "free movement of goods between member countries without any artificial restrictions"
                },
                {
                    "text": "plans to create further vehicle restrictions in the city"
                },
                {
                    "text": "restrictions that limit access to land and raw materials"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the dietary restrictions of Judaism"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Speed restrictions are in operation on the M4 due to poor visibility."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The hospital management has imposed a restriction on visiting hours."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They had to live for a month with certain restrictions on their freedom of movement."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Permission and obligation"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["draconian", "harsh", "severe"],
                "verb + restriction": ["create", "impose", "introduce"],
                "restriction + verb": ["affect something", "apply", "limit something"],
                "restriction + noun": ["order"],
                "preposition": [
                    "with restriction",
                    "with no restriction",
                    "without restriction"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the act of limiting or controlling somebody/something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "sports clothes that prevent any restriction of movement"
                },
                {
                    "text": "A diet to lose weight relies on calorie restriction in order to obtain results."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Citizens of the EU can travel without restriction within the EU."
                },
                {
                    "text": "another instance of the restriction of basic civil liberties"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the health benefits of calorie restriction"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["draconian", "harsh", "severe"],
                "verb + restriction": ["create", "impose", "introduce"],
                "restriction + verb": ["affect something", "apply", "limit something"],
                "restriction + noun": ["order"],
                "preposition": [
                    "with restriction",
                    "with no restriction",
                    "without restriction"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a thing that limits the amount of freedom you have",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the restrictions of a prison"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈstrɪkʃn/",
                "audio": "re/restriction/restriction__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈstrɪkʃn/",
                "audio": "re/restriction/restriction__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin restrictio(n-), from restringere ‘bind fast, confine’, from re- ‘back’ + stringere ‘to tie, pull tight’."
}