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confine

Keep within limits, or lock someone in a place.

Meanings of «confine»

1 · verb

to keep something within particular limits

Please confine your comments to the topic of the meeting.

2 · verb

to keep someone locked in a small place

The prisoner was confined to a small cell for a week.

Similar: imprisonlock upshut in

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«confine» in 17 languages
AR العربية
AZ Azərbaycan
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ID Indonesia
JA 日本語
KO 한국어
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TR Türkçe
UK Українська
UZ O‘zbek
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Word family

confine B2 · verbconfined B1 · adjectiveconfinement C1 · noun