narrow down

• Verbe à particule utilisé pour désigner l'action de réduire le nombre de possibilités ou d'options, en rendant quelque chose de plus précis ou de plus ciblé.

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

indénombrable · transitif · phrasal, séparable

1. Reduce optionsinformal

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

   Réduire les options

   • 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.

   Synonymesconstrictcut downfocuslimitreducerefinerestrictsingle outwhittle down

   Antonymesbroadenexpandwiden

2. Make more specificinformal

   To make something more precise or focused.

   Réduire/préciser

   • 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.

   Synonymesfocushome inlimitpin downrefinerestrictspecifyzero in

   Antonymesbroadenexpandwiden

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