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- Dictionarycon·fined/kənˈfīnd/
adjective
- 1. (of a space) restricted in area or volume; cramped: "wear a dust mask and goggles when soldering in confined spaces"
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The meaning of CONFINED is kept within confines. How to use confined in a sentence.
to keep someone closed in a place, often by force: The hostages had been confined for so long that they couldn't cope with the outside world. be confined to somewhere/something. to exist only in a particular area or group of people: We know that the illness is not confined to any one group in society. See more. Fewer examples.
Confined definition: limited or restricted.. See examples of CONFINED used in a sentence.
See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Choose the Right Synonym for confine. limit, restrict, circumscribe, confine mean to set bounds for. limit implies setting a point or line (as in time, space, speed, or degree) beyond which something cannot or is not permitted to go. visits are limited to 30 minutes.
The adjective confined describes being in captivity or not free to move about. If you do charity work, you could read books to older people confined to their homes.
1. adjective. If something is confined to a particular place, it exists only in that place. If it is confined to a particular group, only members of that group have it. The problem is not confined to Germany. [ + to] These dangers are not confined to smokers. [ + to] 2. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
to keep someone closed in a place, often by force: The hostages had been confined for so long that they couldn't cope with the outside world. be confined to somewhere/something. to exist only in a particular area or group of people: We know that the illness is not confined to any one group in society. See more. Fewer examples.
How to use . confined in a sentence Exploitation of trafficking victims may be most acute in conflict and adjoining regions, but it is not confined to these areas. ISIS, Boko Haram, and the Growing Role of Human Trafficking in 21st Century Terrorism | Louise I. Shelley | December 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
to shut or keep in; prevent from leaving a place because of imprisonment, illness, discipline, etc.: For that offense he was confined to quarters for 30 days. Antonyms: free. noun. Usually confines. a boundary or bound; limit; border; frontier. Often confines. region; territory. Archaic. confinement. Obsolete. a place of confinement; prison.
Definition of confine verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
