Confine
verb
To keep someone or something within certain limits or places.
The disease was confined to a small area.
Often appears as...
- confine to a location
- confine in a room
verb
To be in a situation that you cannot leave.
He was confined in a hospital due to the severe flu.
Often appears as...
- confined in hospital
- confined in prison
verb
To restrict an activity within a particular sphere.
Please confine your comments to the issues at hand.
Often appears as...
- confine comments to
- confine activities within
verb
To keep someone or something within certain limits or places.
The disease was confined to a small area.
Often appears as...
- confine to a location
- confine in a room
verb
To be in a situation that you cannot leave.
He was confined in a hospital due to the severe flu.
Often appears as...
- confined in hospital
- confined in prison
verb
To restrict an activity within a particular sphere.
Please confine your comments to the issues at hand.
Often appears as...
- confine comments to
- confine activities within
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Boundaries
Used when physical areas are restricted, such as rooms or buildings.
Tourists were confined to the hotel during the storm.
Pro Tip 2/2Metaphorical Limits
Can also apply to limiting ideas, feelings, or more abstract things.
Let's confine our discussion to the topic of global warming.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Boundaries
Used when physical areas are restricted, such as rooms or buildings.
Tourists were confined to the hotel during the storm.
Pro Tip 2/2Metaphorical Limits
Can also apply to limiting ideas, feelings, or more abstract things.
Let's confine our discussion to the topic of global warming.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Boundaries
Used when physical areas are restricted, such as rooms or buildings.
Tourists were confined to the hotel during the storm.
Pro Tip 2/2Metaphorical Limits
Can also apply to limiting ideas, feelings, or more abstract things.
Let's confine our discussion to the topic of global warming.
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Plato’s Allegory of the...
In the allegory, a group of prisoners have been confined in a cavern since birth, with no knowledge of the outside world. They are chained, facing a wall, unable to turn their heads, while a fire behind them gives off a faint light. Occasionally, people pass by the fire,
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The otherworldly...
allows them to withstand immense pressure. But they're the exception. Most deep-sea creatures are confined to a narrow range in the water column where nutrients are scarce since the food drifting downwards from the surface rapidly sinks to the sea floor.
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HAZMAT Weed Bust PIPE...
practice and work steps involved prior to entering the confined space the team takes shifts working inside and outside the tanker even agents working the exterior operating the vacuum must be protected you just told me going to
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Most Soothing Sir David...
But how do the chicks break out from the cramped confines of the egg? How come the shell that's been strong enough to protect the chick from the outside world, be also weak enough to allow the chick to break it?
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Top 5 Dinosaur Moments PIPE...
veined and most importantly their shape creates a perfect aerodynamic surface and they aren't confined to its forearms its legs to had long feathers these feathers are designed for one thing only flight
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Elephants Struggle to...
the youngster's constant thirst confines the hungry group to the narrow riverbed in the hills above where more food grows the 50 degree heat is too much for the calves left fang and the others protect
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The Fastest Carnivorous...
despite being found in europe asia africa and australia water wheel plants are now endangered and rare in the wild favoring a narrow set of water conditions the plant is usually confined to small
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Amy Purdy: Living beyond...
I strapped on these chunky legs and I stood up. They were so painful and so confining that all I could think was, how am I ever going to travel the world in these things?
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The Miracle of Hatching...
cramped confines of the egg how can the shell that's been strong enough to protect the chick from the outside world be also weak enough to allow the chick to break it
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Stop defining yourself...
of us our life force our spirit is bursting to get out of those confines of the limited
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Plato’s Allegory of the...
In the allegory, a group of prisoners have been confined in a cavern since birth, with no knowledge of the outside world. They are chained, facing a wall, unable to turn their heads, while a fire behind them gives off a faint light. Occasionally, people pass by the fire,
Video examples
The otherworldly...
allows them to withstand immense pressure. But they're the exception. Most deep-sea creatures are confined to a narrow range in the water column where nutrients are scarce since the food drifting downwards from the surface rapidly sinks to the sea floor.
Video examples
HAZMAT Weed Bust PIPE...
practice and work steps involved prior to entering the confined space the team takes shifts working inside and outside the tanker even agents working the exterior operating the vacuum must be protected you just told me going to
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Most Soothing Sir David...
But how do the chicks break out from the cramped confines of the egg? How come the shell that's been strong enough to protect the chick from the outside world, be also weak enough to allow the chick to break it?
Video examples
Top 5 Dinosaur Moments PIPE...
veined and most importantly their shape creates a perfect aerodynamic surface and they aren't confined to its forearms its legs to had long feathers these feathers are designed for one thing only flight
Video examples
Elephants Struggle to...
the youngster's constant thirst confines the hungry group to the narrow riverbed in the hills above where more food grows the 50 degree heat is too much for the calves left fang and the others protect
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The Fastest Carnivorous...
despite being found in europe asia africa and australia water wheel plants are now endangered and rare in the wild favoring a narrow set of water conditions the plant is usually confined to small
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Amy Purdy: Living beyond...
I strapped on these chunky legs and I stood up. They were so painful and so confining that all I could think was, how am I ever going to travel the world in these things?
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The Miracle of Hatching...
cramped confines of the egg how can the shell that's been strong enough to protect the chick from the outside world be also weak enough to allow the chick to break it
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Stop defining yourself...
of us our life force our spirit is bursting to get out of those confines of the limited
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Sarah Rees Brennan
Irish Writer
Books written by boys are given very different treatment to those written by girls: they're even given very different covers. People also expect, in this YA-booming world, girls to be less experimental than boys: girls are achieving a lot of success, but they're confined.
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Laura van den Berg
American Writer
In the novels I most admire, there is this sense that, within the confines of the world, the possibilities are always opening in new and surprising ways - that was a quality I strived to capture, with the hope that the reader would be willing to follow me.
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Sebastian Pinera
Chilean Statesman
Economic and financial crisis are getting much more usual, and they are not confined to a given country but they immediately spread all over the world, and you have to be prepared for that.
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Helen Hayes
American Actress
The good die young but not always. The wicked prevail but not consistently. I am confused by life, and I feel safe within the confines of the theatre.
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Joseph Addison
English Writer
Animals, in their generation, are wiser than the sons of men; but their wisdom is confined to a few particulars, and lies in a very narrow compass.
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Johnny Depp
American Actor
When you're confined to a TV series, and you have to play one character, it can make you insane. But it didn't affect me. I got out in time.
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Imtiaz Ali
Indian Director
Through travel, you discover a new aspect to your personality. You discover things which you wouldn't seated in the confines of your home.
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Richard Price
American Writer
You can't take a character anywhere they don't expect the character to go. But within those confines is where creativity lies.
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Nathaniel Hawthorne
American Novelist
The world owes all its onward impulses to men ill at ease. The happy man inevitably confines himself within ancient limits.
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Terry Josephson
American Businessman
No matter where you go or what you do, you live your entire life within the confines of your head.
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Sarah Rees Brennan
Irish Writer
Books written by boys are given very different treatment to those written by girls: they're even given very different covers. People also expect, in this YA-booming world, girls to be less experimental than boys: girls are achieving a lot of success, but they're confined.
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Laura van den Berg
American Writer
In the novels I most admire, there is this sense that, within the confines of the world, the possibilities are always opening in new and surprising ways - that was a quality I strived to capture, with the hope that the reader would be willing to follow me.
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Sebastian Pinera
Chilean Statesman
Economic and financial crisis are getting much more usual, and they are not confined to a given country but they immediately spread all over the world, and you have to be prepared for that.
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Helen Hayes
American Actress
The good die young but not always. The wicked prevail but not consistently. I am confused by life, and I feel safe within the confines of the theatre.
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Joseph Addison
English Writer
Animals, in their generation, are wiser than the sons of men; but their wisdom is confined to a few particulars, and lies in a very narrow compass.
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Johnny Depp
American Actor
When you're confined to a TV series, and you have to play one character, it can make you insane. But it didn't affect me. I got out in time.
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Imtiaz Ali
Indian Director
Through travel, you discover a new aspect to your personality. You discover things which you wouldn't seated in the confines of your home.
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Richard Price
American Writer
You can't take a character anywhere they don't expect the character to go. But within those confines is where creativity lies.
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Nathaniel Hawthorne
American Novelist
The world owes all its onward impulses to men ill at ease. The happy man inevitably confines himself within ancient limits.
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Terry Josephson
American Businessman
No matter where you go or what you do, you live your entire life within the confines of your head.
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