Meaning

1 senses

  1. (idiomatic)To make more specific.

    All the food on the menu looked delicious, so I tried to narrow down my choices to only healthy foods.

    After consulting with witnesses, the police narrowed down the suspects to those who had facial hair.

    einengen, eingrenzen, einschränken

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More definitions
  • become more focused on an area of activity or field of study
  • define clearly

Examples

14 sentences

  1. We've got to narrow it down.

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  2. Can you narrow that down a little?

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  3. I've narrowed it down to three options.

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  4. I've narrowed the choices down to three.

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  5. I've narrowed it down to three different possibilities.

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Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to make more specific:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to make more specific:

Forms

narrows down, narrowing down, narrowed down, narrowed down
Base formnarrow down · to narrow down
3rd person singularnarrows down
Present participlenarrowing down
Past simplenarrowed down
Past participlenarrowed down

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theynarrow down
he, she, itnarrows down

Past simpleLesson

all personsnarrowed down

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave narrowed down
he, she, ithas narrowed down

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill narrow down

Phrasal verbs

2 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
narratorB2narrowB1narrowlyB2narwhalnary
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