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verb
- 1. keep or restrict someone or something within certain limits of (space, scope, quantity, or time): "he does not confine his message to politics" Similar Opposite
noun
- 1. the borders or boundaries of a place, especially with regard to their restricting freedom of movement: "they were cramped within the confines of a little cabin"
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The meaning of CONFINE is something (such as borders or walls) that encloses; also : something that restrains. How to use confine in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Confine.
CONFINE definition: 1. to limit an activity, person, or problem in some way: 2. to keep someone closed in a place…. Learn more.
Confine definition: to enclose within bounds; limit or restrict. See examples of CONFINE used in a sentence.
Confine is all about setting limits. If you are confined to the house, it means you can't leave it. If you're really sick, you might be confined to your bed. Confine can be used abstractly as well. In writing a term paper, your teacher might tell you to confine your examples to ones that you
1. To keep within bounds; restrict: Please confine your remarks to the issues at hand. See Synonyms at limit. 2. To shut or keep in, especially to imprison. 3. To restrict in movement: The sick child was confined to bed. [French confiner, from Old French, from confins, boundaries; see confines.] con·fin′a·ble, con·fine′a·ble adj. con·fin′er n.
Definition of confine verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
CONFINE meaning: 1. to limit an activity, person, or problem in some way: 2. to keep someone closed in a place…. Learn more.
Noun. Idiom. Filter. verb. confined, confines, confining. To keep within limits; restrict. To confine a talk to ten minutes. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To border (on) or be contiguous (with or to another region) Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To keep shut up, as in prison, in bed because of illness, indoors, etc.
To confine something to a particular place or group means to prevent it from spreading beyond that place or group. 2. If you confine someone or something, you prevent them from leaving or escaping.
Definitions of 'confine'. 1. To confine something to a particular place or group means to prevent it from spreading beyond that place or group. [...] 2. If you confine yourself or your activities to something, you do only that thing and are involved with nothing else. [...]
