"confine" meaning in English

See confine in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kənˈfaɪn/ [verb], /ˈkɒnfaɪn/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkɑnfaɪn/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-confine (verb).wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-confine (noun).wav Forms: confines [plural]
enPR: kənfīnʹ [verb], känʹfīn [US] Rhymes: -aɪn Etymology: From Middle French confiner, from confins, from Medieval Latin confines, from Latin confinium, from confīnis. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|confiner}} Middle French confiner, {{der|en|ML.|confines}} Medieval Latin confines, {{der|en|la|confinium}} Latin confinium Head templates: {{en-noun}} confine (plural confines)
  1. (chiefly in the plural) A boundary or limit. Tags: in-plural Synonyms (limit): border, bound, limit Translations (limit): граници (granici) (Bulgarian), предел (predel) (Bulgarian), 界限 (jièxiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), limiet (Dutch), raja (Finnish), limite [feminine] (French), Begrenzung [feminine] (German), όριο (ório) [neuter] (Greek), 감금 (gamgeum) (Korean), confim [masculine] (Portuguese), грани́ца (graníca) [feminine] (Russian), преде́л (predél) [masculine] (Russian), лими́т (limít) [masculine] (Russian), confín [masculine] (Spanish), raya [feminine] (Spanish)
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  2. (poetic) Confinement, imprisonment. Tags: poetic
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: confineless

Verb

IPA: /kənˈfaɪn/ [verb], /ˈkɒnfaɪn/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkɑnfaɪn/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-confine (verb).wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-confine (noun).wav Forms: confines [present, singular, third-person], confining [participle, present], confined [participle, past], confined [past]
enPR: kənfīnʹ [verb], känʹfīn [US] Rhymes: -aɪn Etymology: From Middle French confiner, from confins, from Medieval Latin confines, from Latin confinium, from confīnis. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|confiner}} Middle French confiner, {{der|en|ML.|confines}} Medieval Latin confines, {{der|en|la|confinium}} Latin confinium Head templates: {{en-verb}} confine (third-person singular simple present confines, present participle confining, simple past and past participle confined)
  1. (obsolete) To have a common boundary with; to border on. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-confine-en-verb-7XROLnif Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 18 25 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 23 29 22 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 26 31 22 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 22 31 19 28
  2. (transitive) To restrict (someone or something) to a particular scope or area; to keep in or within certain bounds. Tags: transitive Translations (to restrict; to keep within bounds): ngujoj (Albanian), κατακλείω (katakleíō) (Ancient Greek), огранича́вам (ograničávam) (Bulgarian), confinar (Catalan), 局限 (júxiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 囿於 (Chinese Mandarin), 囿于 (yòuyú) (english: to be confined to) (Chinese Mandarin), poutat (Czech), omezovat (Czech), tísnit (Czech), omezit [perfective] (Czech), begrenzen (Dutch), inperken (Dutch), beperken (Dutch), rajoittaa (english: to restrict) (Finnish), rajata (english: to shut/keep in a limited space/area) (Finnish), confiner (French), beschränken (German), περιορίζω (periorízo) (Greek), korlátoz (Hungarian), rajata (Ingrian), 限る (kagiru) (alt: かぎる) (Japanese), 가두다 (gaduda) (Korean), compescō (Latin), inclūdō (Latin), whakatiki (Maori), whakatina (Maori), hamaruru (Maori), begrense (Norwegian), confinar (Occitan), محصور کردن (mahsur kardan) (Persian), حبس کردن (habs kardan) (Persian), confinar (Portuguese), ограни́чивать (ograníčivatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), ограни́чить (ograníčitʹ) [perfective] (Russian), confinar (Spanish), encorsetar (Spanish), begränsa (Swedish), inskränka (Swedish), పరిమితము (parimitamu) (Telugu), పరిమితము చేయు (parimitamu cēyu) (Telugu), నిర్బంధించు (nirbandhiñcu) (Telugu), nhốt (Vietnamese)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: confinable, confination, confinee, deconfine, reconfine, unconfine

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "to restrict; to keep within bounds",
          "word": "rajoittaa"
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          "lang": "Greek",
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          "roman": "gaduda",
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          "word": "가두다"
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          "word": "compescō"
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          "sense": "to restrict; to keep within bounds",
          "word": "inclūdō"
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          "code": "mi",
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          "sense": "to restrict; to keep within bounds",
          "word": "whakatiki"
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          "sense": "to restrict; to keep within bounds",
          "word": "whakatina"
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          "sense": "to restrict; to keep within bounds",
          "word": "hamaruru"
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          "sense": "to restrict; to keep within bounds",
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          "sense": "to restrict; to keep within bounds",
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          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "mahsur kardan",
          "sense": "to restrict; to keep within bounds",
          "word": "محصور کردن"
        },
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          "_dis1": "9 91",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "habs kardan",
          "sense": "to restrict; to keep within bounds",
          "word": "حبس کردن"
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          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to restrict; to keep within bounds",
          "word": "confinar"
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          "roman": "ograníčivatʹ",
          "sense": "to restrict; to keep within bounds",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "ограни́чивать"
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ograníčitʹ",
          "sense": "to restrict; to keep within bounds",
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          "word": "ограни́чить"
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        {
          "_dis1": "9 91",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to restrict; to keep within bounds",
          "word": "confinar"
        },
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          "_dis1": "9 91",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to restrict; to keep within bounds",
          "word": "encorsetar"
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          "code": "sv",
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          "sense": "to restrict; to keep within bounds",
          "word": "begränsa"
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          "sense": "to restrict; to keep within bounds",
          "word": "inskränka"
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          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "parimitamu",
          "sense": "to restrict; to keep within bounds",
          "word": "పరిమితము"
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        {
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          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "parimitamu cēyu",
          "sense": "to restrict; to keep within bounds",
          "word": "పరిమితము చేయు"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 91",
          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "nirbandhiñcu",
          "sense": "to restrict; to keep within bounds",
          "word": "నిర్బంధించు"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 91",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "to restrict; to keep within bounds",
          "word": "nhốt"
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          "ref": "a. 1917, anonymous, “Lord Bateman” (folk song) as published in Bertrand Harris Bronson (1959) The Traditional Tunes of the Child Ballads, vol. 1, p. 419",
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ograničávam",
      "sense": "to restrict; to keep within bounds",
      "word": "огранича́вам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to restrict; to keep within bounds",
      "word": "confinar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "júxiàn",
      "sense": "to restrict; to keep within bounds",
      "word": "局限"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to restrict; to keep within bounds",
      "word": "囿於"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "english": "to be confined to",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yòuyú",
      "sense": "to restrict; to keep within bounds",
      "word": "囿于"
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    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to restrict; to keep within bounds",
      "word": "poutat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to restrict; to keep within bounds",
      "word": "omezovat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to restrict; to keep within bounds",
      "word": "tísnit"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to restrict; to keep within bounds",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "omezit"
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    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to restrict; to keep within bounds",
      "word": "begrenzen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to restrict; to keep within bounds",
      "word": "inperken"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to restrict; to keep within bounds",
      "word": "beperken"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "to restrict",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to restrict; to keep within bounds",
      "word": "rajoittaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "to shut/keep in a limited space/area",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to restrict; to keep within bounds",
      "word": "rajata"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to restrict; to keep within bounds",
      "word": "confiner"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to restrict; to keep within bounds",
      "word": "beschränken"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "periorízo",
      "sense": "to restrict; to keep within bounds",
      "word": "περιορίζω"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "katakleíō",
      "sense": "to restrict; to keep within bounds",
      "word": "κατακλείω"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to restrict; to keep within bounds",
      "word": "korlátoz"
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    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "to restrict; to keep within bounds",
      "word": "rajata"
    },
    {
      "alt": "かぎる",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kagiru",
      "sense": "to restrict; to keep within bounds",
      "word": "限る"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gaduda",
      "sense": "to restrict; to keep within bounds",
      "word": "가두다"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to restrict; to keep within bounds",
      "word": "compescō"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to restrict; to keep within bounds",
      "word": "inclūdō"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to restrict; to keep within bounds",
      "word": "whakatiki"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to restrict; to keep within bounds",
      "word": "whakatina"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to restrict; to keep within bounds",
      "word": "hamaruru"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to restrict; to keep within bounds",
      "word": "begrense"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "to restrict; to keep within bounds",
      "word": "confinar"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "mahsur kardan",
      "sense": "to restrict; to keep within bounds",
      "word": "محصور کردن"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "habs kardan",
      "sense": "to restrict; to keep within bounds",
      "word": "حبس کردن"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to restrict; to keep within bounds",
      "word": "confinar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ograníčivatʹ",
      "sense": "to restrict; to keep within bounds",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "ограни́чивать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ograníčitʹ",
      "sense": "to restrict; to keep within bounds",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "ограни́чить"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to restrict; to keep within bounds",
      "word": "confinar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to restrict; to keep within bounds",
      "word": "encorsetar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to restrict; to keep within bounds",
      "word": "begränsa"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to restrict; to keep within bounds",
      "word": "inskränka"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "parimitamu",
      "sense": "to restrict; to keep within bounds",
      "word": "పరిమితము"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "parimitamu cēyu",
      "sense": "to restrict; to keep within bounds",
      "word": "పరిమితము చేయు"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "nirbandhiñcu",
      "sense": "to restrict; to keep within bounds",
      "word": "నిర్బంధించు"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to restrict; to keep within bounds",
      "word": "nhốt"
    }
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  "word": "confine"
}

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      "sense": "limit",
      "word": "border"
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      "sense": "limit",
      "word": "bound"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "granici",
      "sense": "limit",
      "word": "граници"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "predel",
      "sense": "limit",
      "word": "предел"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jièxiàn",
      "sense": "limit",
      "word": "界限"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "limit",
      "word": "limiet"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "limit",
      "word": "raja"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "limit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "limite"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "limit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "Begrenzung"
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    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ório",
      "sense": "limit",
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      ],
      "word": "όριο"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gamgeum",
      "sense": "limit",
      "word": "감금"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "limit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "confim"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "graníca",
      "sense": "limit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "грани́ца"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "predél",
      "sense": "limit",
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "преде́л"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "limít",
      "sense": "limit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "лими́т"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "limit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "confín"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "limit",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "raya"
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  "word": "confine"
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