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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.
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.
adjective. limited or restricted. unable to leave a place because of illness, imprisonment, etc. being in childbirth; being in parturition. confined. / kənˈfaɪnd; kənˈfaɪnɪdlɪ /.
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.
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.
Synonyms for CONFINED: imprisoned, captive, arrested, jailed, captured, interned, incarcerated, kidnapped; Antonyms of CONFINED: free, unconfined, unrestrained, released, liberated, freed, delivered, emancipated.
Confine definition: to enclose within bounds; limit or restrict. See examples of CONFINE used in a sentence.
1. To keep within bounds; restrict: Please confine your remarks to the issues at hand. See Synonyms at limit. 2. To shut or keep in, especially to imprison. 3. To restrict in movement: The sick child was confined to bed. [French confiner, from Old French, from confins, boundaries; see confines .] con·fin′a·ble, con·fine′a·ble adj. con·fin′er n.
confined. adjective. /kənˈfaɪnd/. /kənˈfaɪnd/. [usually before noun] (of a space or an area) small and surrounded by walls or sides. It is cruel to keep animals in confined spaces. These chemicals should not be used in confined areas. They do not flower well in confined conditions.
