constraint
part of speech
noun (a constraint, constraints; constraint uncountable)
meaning for a pupil
1) Something that limits or controls what you can do (time constraints, money constraints). tree →
2) (maths, design) A condition or rule that an answer or design must follow. tree →
3) Holding back your feelings or actions; a lack of freedom. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: A burden or hardship laid upon the body, like a heavy load or bond. Interpretation: Tradition reads the psalm as Israel's memory of being oppressed, then brought out to freedom. In the primary lessons: In design and technology, a design brief has constraints: budget, size, materials. In maths, a problem's constraints are the rules the answer must obey (whole numbers only, under 10). In everyday life, families have time and money constraints. It tells the reader there is a limit. Phrases: «time constraints», «under constraint», «budget constraints».
examples
- Thou didst bring us into the hold; Thou didst lay constraint upon our loins. (Writings PSA.66.11, JPS 1917) tree →
- Because of time constraints, we could only visit one museum. tree →
- The constraint was that the bridge must hold 1 kg. tree →
- Money constraints mean we can't go abroad this year. tree →
- In the puzzle, the constraint is that each number is used once. tree →
- A design brief lists all the constraints. tree →
- He spoke without constraint about his feelings. tree →
- He, however, only laughed at her advice, saying, that his father had always kept him in too great constraint, and that now he rejoiced at his new-found liberty. tree →
note
Countable when meaning a limit: constraints. Verb: constrain. In maths word problems, constraints narrow down the possible answers: e.g. «both numbers are even and add up to 10» rules out 3 + 7.
In the corpora
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «constraint» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.