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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. adjective. con· fined kən-ˈfīnd. Synonyms of confined. 1. : kept within confines: such as. a. : limited to a particular location. confined to bed. b. : held captive. confined prisoners. 2. : very small. confined spaces. a confined compartment. 3. dated : undergoing childbirth.
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.
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]
adjective. These are words and phrases related to confined. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. The confined prisoners squabbled over minor things. Synonyms. bound. circumscribed. bottled up. compassed. encompassed. enclosed. cramped. grounded. imprisoned. incarcerated. indisposed. locked up. restrained. restricted. sealed up.
Definition of confined adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Confined definition: limited or restricted.. See examples of CONFINED used in a sentence.
The adjective confined describes a space that is cramped or small and constricted. You probably don't see any claustrophobic vampires because if they were claustrophobic, they'd have a fear of confined spaces — like their coffins.
[usually passive] to keep a person or an animal in a small or closed space. be confined (in something) Keep the dog confined in a suitable travelling cage. Here the river is confined in a narrow channel. The soldiers concerned were confined to barracks (= had to stay in the barracks, as a punishment).
noun. uk / kənˈfaɪn.mənt / us / kənˈfaɪn.mənt / Add to word list. [ U ] the situation in which a person or animal is kept somewhere, usually by force: She spent most of those years under house arrest or close confinement. [ C or U ] old-fashioned or formal. labour UK (= the process of giving birth to a baby)
