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confine
[kuhn-fahyn, kon-fahyn]
verb (used with object)
to enclose within bounds; limit or restrict.
She confined her remarks to errors in the report. Confine your efforts to finishing the book.
Synonyms:Antonyms: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:
noun
Usually confines. a boundary or bound; limit; border; frontier.
Often confines. region; territory.
Archaic.confinement.
Obsolete.a place of confinement; prison.
confine
verb
to keep or close within bounds; limit; restrict
to keep shut in; restrict the free movement of
arthritis confined him to bed
noun
(often plural) a limit; boundary
Other Word Forms
- confinable adjective
- confineable adjective
- confineless adjective
- confiner noun
- nonconfining adjective
- preconfine verb (used with object)
- quasi-confining adjective
- reconfine verb (used with object)
- self-confining adjective
- unconfinable adjective
- unconfining adjective
- ˈDzԴھԱ adjective
- DzˈھԲ adjective
- DzˈھԱ noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of confine1
Example Sentences
In response, Pancho Villa’s Army confined their band to their barracks and canceled their traditionally joyful pregame tailgate party Saturday.
The Yurok reservation was established by the federal government in 1855, confining the tribe to an area that covered only a tiny fraction of their ancestral territory.
Solis said she has fought for stronger regulations for a problem that isn’t confined to the Latino community, pointing to recent cases in the county involving immigrants from Asian and European countries.
A further condition required the rally to be confined to Whitehall.
Never mind that the violence was confined to a few downtown blocks, a fraction of a city that spreads over 500 square miles.
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