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verb
- 1. keep or restrict someone or something within certain limits of (space, scope, or time): "he does not confine his message to high politics" Similar Opposite
noun
- 1. the borders or boundaries of a place, especially with regard to their restricting freedom of movement: "within the confines of the hall escape was difficult"
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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.
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 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.
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.
To confine something to a particular place or group means to prevent it from spreading beyond that place or group.
Definition of confine verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. to enclose within bounds; limit or restrict: Confine your remarks to the subject at hand. 2. to shut or keep in; prevent from leaving a place because of imprisonment, illness, discipline, etc. n. 3.
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.
v.t. to enclose within bounds; limit or restrict: She confined her remarks to errors in the report. Confine your efforts to finishing the book. 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. n. Usually, confines. a boundary or bound;
