Meanings
present singular third person narrows down · participle present narrowing down · participle past narrowed down · past narrowed down
- idiomaticTo make more specific.
After consulting with witnesses, the police narrowed down the suspects to those who had facial hair.
1 more example
All the food on the menu looked delicious, so I tried to narrow down my choices to only healthy foods.
Synonyms & antonyms
verbbecome more focused on an area of activity or field of study
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Bulgarian свеждам до
- свеждам до (sveždam do)to make more specific
German einengen, eingrenzen
- einengento make more specific
- eingrenzento make more specific
- einschränkento make more specific
- zuspitzento make more specific
Latin angustō
- angustōto make more specific
Polish zawężać, zawęzić
- zawężaćto make more specific
- zawęzićto make more specific
Russian сузить
- сузить (suzitʹ)to make more specific
Spanish limitar, reducir
- limitarto make more specific
- reducirto make more specific
- restringirto make more specific
- facilitarto make more specific
- acotarto make more specific
- ceñirto make more specific
- acinturarto make more specific
- estrecharto make more specific
- angostarto make more specific
- enangostarto make more specific
- especificarto make more specific
- particularizarto make more specific
Turkish daraltmak
- daraltmakto make more specific
Cite this entry
narrow down. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/narrow%20down
“narrow down.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/narrow%20down. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “narrow down,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/narrow%20down.
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