Confine

English

Verb

Confine (third-person singular simple present Confines, present participle confining, simple past and past participle confined)

1. (transitive) To restrict; to keep within bounds; to shut or keep in a limited space or area

Noun

Confine (plural Confines)

1. (in plural confines) Limits.

Adverbs for Confine

exclusively; undeservedly; prudently; inexorably; mainly; remorselessly; necessarily; sedulously; comparatively; narrowly; continuously; irksomely.

Synonyms for Confine

• (limits): borders, bounds, limits

Thesaurus

arrest, bar, bastille, be into, be strong in, block, border line, bottle up, bound, boundary, boundary condition, boundary line, bounds, bourn, box, box in, box up, break boundary, breakoff point, cabin, cage, casket, ceiling, check, cincture, circumference, circumscribe, circumscription, cloister, close, closet, coffin, compass, condition, constrain, constrict, contain, container, contract, coop, coop in, coop up, copyright, cork up, court, courtyard, cramp, crib, curtilage, cutoff, cutoff point, deadline, delay, delimit, delimitate, delimitation, delimited field, detain, determinant, dimensions, diminish, discipline, division line, drag, draw in, draw the line, encage, encase, enclave, enclose, enclosure, end, entomb, extent, extremity, feature, fence in, field, finish, floor, frontier, go in, go in for, ground, hedge, hedge about, hem, hem in, high-water mark, hinder, hold, hold back, hold in custody, hold in restraint, hold up, immure, impede, impound, incarcerate, inhibit, interface, intern, jail, jug, keep back, keep from spreading, keep in, keep in custody, keep in detention, keep within bounds, lag, limen, limit, limitation, limiting factor, limits, line, line of demarcation, list, localize, low-water mark, lower limit, major in, make late, march, mark, mete, mew, mew up, minor in, moderate, narrow, obstruct, orbit, pale, paling, park, patent, pen, pen up, periphery, pound, precincts, prison, purlieus, pursue, purview, quad, quadrangle, qualify, quod, radius, rail in, reach, register, restrain, restrict, retard, scant, scope, seal up, shackle, shut in, shut up, slacken, slow down, snape, specialize, specialize in, square, start, starting line, starting point, stay, stint, stop, straiten, sweep, taper, target date, term, terminal date, terminus, theater, threshold, tighten, time allotment, toft, upper limit, wall in, yard

Pronunciation

• (verb) enPR: kənfīnʹ, IPA: /kənˈfaɪn/, SAMPA: /k@n"faIn/
• (noun)
  • (RP) IPA: /ˈkɒnfaɪn/, SAMPA: /"kQnfaIn/
  • (US) enPR: känʹfīn, IPA: /ˈkɑnfaɪn/, SAMPA: /"kAnfaIn/

  Rhymes: -aɪn

Translations

Verb

To restrict; to keep within bounds; to shut or keep in a limited space or area

Bulgarian: ограничавам (bg), затварям (bg) Czech: poutat (cs), věznit (cs), omezovat (cs) Dutch: begrenzen (nl), inperken (nl), beperken (nl) Finnish: (to restrict) rajoittaa; (to shut/keep in a limited space/area) rajata

French: confiner (fr) Japanese: 閉じ込める (ja) (tojikomeru) Russian: ограничивать (ru) Swedish: begränsa (sv), inskränka (sv), inspärra (sv), internera (sv) Telugu: పరిమితము, పరిమితము చేయు, నిర్బంధించు

Noun

• Bulgarian: граници, предел

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kɔ̃.fin/, X-SAMPA: /kO~.fin/
• Homophones: confinent, confines

Verb

Confine

1. first-person singular present indicative of confiner
2. third-person singular present indicative of confiner
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of confiner
4. first-person singular present subjunctive of confiner
5. second-person singular imperative of confiner

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Italian

Noun

confine m. (plural confini)

1. border, frontier
2. boundary

Related terms

• confinante
• confinare
• confinario
• confino

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Spanish

Verb

Confine (infinitive confinar)

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of confinar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of confinar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of confinar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of confinar.