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• Фразовый глагол, используемый для обозначения действия по сокращению количества возможностей или вариантов, делая что-то более конкретным или сфокусированным.

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

uncountable · transitive · phrasal, separable

1. Reduce optionsinformal

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

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   • 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.

   Synonymsconstrictcut downfocuslimitreducerefinerestrictsingle outwhittle down

   Antonymsbroadenexpandwiden

2. Make more specificinformal

   To make something more precise or focused.

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   • 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.

   Synonymsfocushome inlimitpin downrefinerestrictspecifyzero in

   Antonymsbroadenexpandwiden

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