narrow down

• Verbo que significa reducir el número de posibilidades u opciones, haciendo algo más específico, preciso o enfocado.

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

incontable · transitivo · phrasal, separable

1. Reduce optionsinformal

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

   Reducir opciones

   • 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.

   Sinónimosconstrictcut downfocuslimitreducerefinerestrictsingle outwhittle down

   Antónimosbroadenexpandwiden

2. Make more specificinformal

   To make something more precise or focused.

   restringir, acotar

   • 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.

   Sinónimosfocushome inlimitpin downrefinerestrictspecifyzero in

   Antónimosbroadenexpandwiden

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