confine
pronunciation
How to pronounce confine in British English:
UK [kənˈfaɪn]
How to pronounce confine in American English:
US [kənˈfaɪn]
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- Verb:
- restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day"
- place limits on (extent or access)
- prevent from leaving or from being removed
- close in or confine
- deprive of freedom; take into confinement
- to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement
Word Origin
- confine
- confine: see fine
- confine (n.)
- c. 1400, "boundary, limit" (usually as confines), from Old French confins "boundaries," from Medieval Latin confines, from Latin confinium (plural confinia) "boundary, limit," from confine, neuter of confinis "bordering on, having the same boundaries," from com- "with" (see com-) + finis "an end" (see finish (v.)).
- confine (v.)
- 1520s, "to border on," from Middle French confiner, from confins (n.); see confine (n.). Sense of "keeping within limits" is from 1590s. Related: Confined; confining.
Example
- 1. Braun added that inspiration mars need not confine itself to their 2018 deadline .
- 2. The landmark trust does not confine itself only to the british isles .
- 3. Judges may be trained to confine themselves to the legally relevant facts before them .
- 4. It would confine the remaining millions to a rump area , where they would exist without statehood or political rights .
- 5. After receiving a request from beijing , they have changed the route to confine the torch to the vicinity of the main sports stadium .