English-Thai Dictionary

constraint

N ข้อจำกัด  confinement limitation kor-jam-kad

 

constraint

N ความยับยั้งชั่งใจ  การระงับ ความรู้สึก  kwam-yab-yang-chang-jai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CONSTRAINT

n.Irresistible force, or its effect; any force, or power, physical or moral, which compels to act or to forbear action, or which urges so strongly as to produce its effect upon the body or mind; compulsion; restraint; confinement. Not by constraint, but by my choice, I came.
Feed the flock of God, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly. 1 Peter 5:2.

 

CONSTRAINTIVE

a.Having power to compel.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CONSTRAINT

Con *straint ", n. Etym: [OF. constrainte, F. constrainte.]

 

Defn: The act of constraining, or the state of being constrained; that which compels to, or restrains from, action; compulsion; restraint; necessity. Long imprisonment and hard constraint. Spenser. Not by constraint, but bDryden.

 

Syn. -- Compulsion; violence; necessity; urgency. -- Constraint, Compulsion. Constraint implies strong binding force; as, the constraint of necessity; the constraint of fear. Compulsion implies the exertion of some urgent impelling force; as, driven by compulsion. The former prevents us from acting agreeably to our wishes; the latter forces us to act contrary to our will. Compulsion is always produced by some active agent; a constraint may be laid upon us by the forms of civil society, or by other outward circumstances. Crabb.

 

CONSTRAINTIVE

CONSTRAINTIVE Con *straint "ive, a.

 

Defn: Constraining; compulsory. [R.] "Any constraintive vow. " R. Carew.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

constraint

con straint |kənˈstrānt kənˈstreɪnt | ▶noun a limitation or restriction: the availability of water is the main constraint on food production | time constraints make it impossible to do everything. • stiffness of manner and inhibition in relations between people: they would be able to talk without constraint. ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘coercion ’): from Old French constreinte, feminine past participle of constraindre (see constrain ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

constraint

con |straint |kənˈstreɪnt | ▶noun a limitation or restriction: time constraints make it impossible to do everything | the availability of water is the main constraint on food production. • [ mass noun ] stiffness of manner and inhibition in relations between people: they would be able to talk without constraint. ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘coercion ’): from Old French constreinte, feminine past participle of constraindre (see constrain ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

constraint

constraint noun 1 financial constraints: restriction, limitation, curb, check, restraint, control, damper, rein; hindrance, impediment, obstruction, handicap. 2 they were able to talk without constraint: inhibition, uneasiness, embarrassment; restraint, reticence, guardedness, formality; self-consciousness, awkwardness, stiltedness.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

constraint

constraint noun 1 the availability of water is the main constraint on food production: restriction, limitation, curb, check, restraint, control, curtailment, damper, rein; hindrance, impediment, hampering, obstruction, handicap. 2 on Saturday they would be able to get together, relax, and talk without constraint: inhibition, uneasiness, embarrassment; restraint, reservedness, reticence, guardedness, formality, stand-offishness; self-consciousness, awkwardness, forcedness, unnaturalness, woodenness, stiltedness. ANTONYMS openness.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

constraint

con straint /kənstréɪnt /名詞 複 ～s /-ts /1 U 拘束, 束縛 , 圧迫 , 制限 ; C «…を » 束縛 [制約, 制限, 拘束 ]するもの «on » ▸ because of budget [time ] constraints 予算 [時間 ]の制約のために ▸ budgetary [financial ] constraints 予算 [財政 ]の制約 2 U ｟かたく ｠(感情などの ) 抑制 , 気がね ; 気まずさ ; ぎこちなさ ▸ I was under constraint when discussing the matter .私はその件を議論するときに気がねしていた