narrow down

• Partikelverb, das bedeutet, die Anzahl der Möglichkeiten oder Optionen zu verringern, um etwas konkreter oder fokussierter zu machen; auch: eine Auswahl schrittweise einschränken.

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of reducing the number of possibilities or options, making something more specific or focused.

unzählbar · transitiv · Phrasal, trennbar

1. Reduce optionsinformal

   To reduce the number of possibilities or choices to a smaller, more manageable set.

   Eingrenzen

   • We need to narrow down the list of candidates to three.
   • She narrowed down her search to apartments under $1000.
   • The detective narrowed down the suspects to two people.

   Synonymeconstrictcut downfocuslimitreducerefinerestrictsingle outwhittle down

   Antonymebroadenexpandwiden

2. Make more specificinformal

   To make something more precise or focused.

   Eingrenzen

   • Can you narrow down the problem to a specific cause?
   • He narrowed down his research topic to climate change effects.
   • The doctor narrowed down the diagnosis to a few possibilities.

   Synonymefocushome inlimitpin downrefinerestrictspecifyzero in

   Antonymebroadenexpandwiden

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