CONFINE Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster 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
CONFINES | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary ˈkɑːn faɪnz Add to word list the outer limits of something: the narrow confines of a religious life within beyond the confines of the city SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Limiting and restricting
CONFINE Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com 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
CONFINE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary To confine something to a particular place or group means to prevent it from spreading beyond that place or group Health officials have successfully confined the epidemic to the Tabatinga area [VERB noun + to] The U S will soon be taking steps to confine the conflict [VERB noun]
Confines - definition of confines by The Free Dictionary 1 The limits of a space or area; the borders: within the confines of one county 2 Restraining elements: wanted to escape the confines of corporate politics 3 Purview; scope: a theory that is well within the confines of science
Confines Definition Meaning | Britannica Dictionary He is probably somewhere within the confines [= (more commonly) borders] of the city The children were told not to venture beyond the confines of the camp There is no room for negotiation within the confines of this contract
confine verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes . . . Definition of confine verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary [often passive] to keep somebody something inside the limits of a particular activity, subject, area, etc synonym restrict be confined to (doing) something The work will not be confined to the Glasgow area
CONFINE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary Funerals are public events but both the sickbed and death are confined to the seclusion of the house The role of the public sector is confined to assessment and the contracting out of service provision to competing non-profit and for-profit home care providers