"confines" meaning in English

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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "glosses": [
        "The borders or limits of an area."
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "98 2 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "borders or limits of an area",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "confins"
        }
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          "ref": "2020 December 2, Mark Phillips, “Rebuilding Rail in the 2020s”, in Rail, page 46",
          "text": "\"I think that there comes a point where people begin to get bored within their own confines, so there is definitely an opportunity to encourage travel - even though it will be a different sort of arrangement than we've been used to in the past.",
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      "glosses": [
        "Elements that restrain someone."
      ],
      "id": "en-confines-en-noun-3fFAKzX3",
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      "glosses": [
        "The scope or range of a subject."
      ],
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          "range",
          "range"
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      "ipa": "/ˈkɑnfaɪnz/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
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    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈkɒnfaɪnz/",
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
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  "word": "confines"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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          "name": "English pluralia tantum",
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          "word": "confine"
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        "third-person singular simple present indicative of confine"
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          "confine",
          "confine#English"
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        "third-person"
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    {
      "ipa": "/kənˈfaɪnz/"
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    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪnz"
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  "word": "confines"
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    "English verb forms",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The borders or limits of an area."
      ],
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        [
          "border",
          "border"
        ],
        [
          "limit",
          "limit"
        ],
        [
          "area",
          "area"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "plural-only"
      ]
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          "ref": "2020 December 2, Mark Phillips, “Rebuilding Rail in the 2020s”, in Rail, page 46",
          "text": "\"I think that there comes a point where people begin to get bored within their own confines, so there is definitely an opportunity to encourage travel - even though it will be a different sort of arrangement than we've been used to in the past.",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Elements that restrain someone."
      ],
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          "restrain",
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      "tags": [
        "plural",
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    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The scope or range of a subject."
      ],
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        [
          "scope",
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        ],
        [
          "range",
          "range"
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      ],
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        "plural",
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkɑnfaɪnz/",
      "tags": [
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "borders or limits of an area",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "confins"
    }
  ],
  "word": "confines"
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    "English verb forms",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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          "word": "confine"
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        "third-person singular simple present indicative of confine"
      ],
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        [
          "confine",
          "confine#English"
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      "ipa": "/kənˈfaɪnz/"
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  "word": "confines"
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