What does restriction mean?
Word: Restriction
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Restriction means a rule or limit that controls what you can do or how much of something you can have.
Synonyms: limit, limitation, control, constraint
Antonyms: liberty
How do you spell restriction?
Syllables: re - stric - tion
Tricky part: The ending is -ction, with a c before the t. Students write restricsion.
Watch out for: restiction, restricsion, restrition
Memory tip: Restriction ends the way action and direction do: -ction, never -csion.
Restriction in a sentence
Example 1: There is a height restriction on the giant wheel at the mela.
Example 2: During the lockdown, restrictions on travel lasted for months.
Example 3: The doctor put a restriction on sugar in Dadaji's diet.
Fun Fact
Most domestic airlines in India restrict cabin baggage to about 7 kilograms per passenger in economy class.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Connection
Choose the antonym of the word restriction as used in the sentence:
The new rule placed a restriction on using mobile phones in class.
a) check
b) freedom
c) barrier
d) curb
Show answer
b) freedom. A restriction limits what you can do; freedom lets you do it.
Spell-o-Spell
Only one of these words is spelt correctly. Choose its meaning:
1. restriction 2. persuation 3. permision 4. exagerate
a) a limit placed on what is allowed
b) the act of getting someone to agree
c) the right to do something, given by someone in charge
d) to make something seem bigger than it is
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a) a limit placed on what is allowed. Exaggerate needs a double g, persuasion ends in -sion and permission has a double s.
Mingle-Mangle
Unjumble the letters in the sentence to form a meaningful word:
The festival committee placed a nticsoertir on bursting crackers after ten at night.
a) restoration
b) restriction
c) distraction
d) instruction
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b) restriction. Instruction has a u, restoration an a and two o's, and distraction a d and an a.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
Because of the water restriction in our colony this summer, the residents' society asked every family to wash their cars with a bucket insted of a hosepipe.
a) society
b) restriction
c) hosepipe
d) insted
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d) insted. Instead keeps ea after the t, the same pair as in bread.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which sign shows a restriction?
a) No Parking
b) Thank You
c) Way Out
d) Welcome
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a) No Parking
2. Restriction comes from the Latin restringere, which means ____.
a) to break open
b) to sing again
c) to bind tight
d) to stretch out
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c) to bind tight
