narrow down - Definition & Meaning | VisualLang Dictionary

narrow down

to decrease the number of possibilities or choicesto decrease the number of possibilities or choices

Examples

Have you narrowed down your preferences for the upcoming event?
Let's narrow down the options for the venue before making a final decision.
We need to narrow the list down before making a decision.

Synonyms

narrow weed out specify narrow down nail down thin pare down pin down peg down

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narrow down

Third Person

narrows down

Present Participle

narrowing down

Past Tense

narrowed down

Past Participle

narrowed down

1

to decrease the number of possibilities or choices

transitive

Have you narrowed down your preferences for the upcoming event?
Let's narrow down the options for the venue before making a final decision.
We need to narrow the list down before making a decision.
The team is currently narrowing down the design concepts for the new product.

Synonyms:

narrow weed out specify nail down thin pare down pin down peg down

2

to decrease the scope or extent of something

transitive

Let's narrow down the focus of the research to make it more manageable.
After much discussion, they narrowed the focus down to a specific market.
After careful consideration, we narrowed down the goals for the year.
The company has narrowed down its product line to improve efficiency.
Can you assist in narrowing down the parameters for the experiment?

Synonyms:

narrow specialize lessen specialise

Antonyms: