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Meaning of "confine" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CONFINE

From Medieval Latin confīnāre from Latin confīnis adjacent, from fīnis end, boundary.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF CONFINE

confine  [kənˈfaɪn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CONFINE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Confine is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb confine in English.

WHAT DOES CONFINE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Confine

Confine is a village located in San Marino. It belongs to the municipality of Chiesanuova. Its name, in Italian language, means "border".

Definition of confine in the English dictionary

The first definition of confine in the dictionary is to keep or close within bounds; limit; restrict. Other definition of confine is to keep shut in; restrict the free movement of. Confine is also a limit; boundary.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO CONFINE

PRESENT

Present
I confine
you confine
he/she/it confines
we confine
you confine
they confine
Present continuous
I am confining
you are confining
he/she/it is confining
we are confining
you are confining
they are confining
Present perfect
I have confined
you have confined
he/she/it has confined
we have confined
you have confined
they have confined
Present perfect continuous
I have been confining
you have been confining
he/she/it has been confining
we have been confining
you have been confining
they have been confining
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I confined
you confined
he/she/it confined
we confined
you confined
they confined
Past continuous
I was confining
you were confining
he/she/it was confining
we were confining
you were confining
they were confining
Past perfect
I had confined
you had confined
he/she/it had confined
we had confined
you had confined
they had confined
Past perfect continuous
I had been confining
you had been confining
he/she/it had been confining
we had been confining
you had been confining
they had been confining
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will confine
you will confine
he/she/it will confine
we will confine
you will confine
they will confine
Future continuous
I will be confining
you will be confining
he/she/it will be confining
we will be confining
you will be confining
they will be confining
Future perfect
I will have confined
you will have confined
he/she/it will have confined
we will have confined
you will have confined
they will have confined
Future perfect continuous
I will have been confining
you will have been confining
he/she/it will have been confining
we will have been confining
you will have been confining
they will have been confining
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would confine
you would confine
he/she/it would confine
we would confine
you would confine
they would confine
Conditional continuous
I would be confining
you would be confining
he/she/it would be confining
we would be confining
you would be confining
they would be confining
Conditional perfect
I would have confine
you would have confine
he/she/it would have confine
we would have confine
you would have confine
they would have confine
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been confining
you would have been confining
he/she/it would have been confining
we would have been confining
you would have been confining
they would have been confining
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you confine
we let´s confine
you confine
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to confine
Past participle
confined
Present Participle
confining
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CONFINE


affine
ˈæfaɪn
define
dɪˈfaɪn
didelphine
daɪˈdɛlfaɪn
elaphine
ˈɛləfaɪn
fine
faɪn
giraffine
dʒɪˈræfaɪn
misdefine
ˌmɪsdɪˈfaɪn
overfine
ˌəʊvəˈfaɪn
overrefine
ˌəʊvərɪˈfaɪn
predefine
ˌpriːdɪˈfaɪn
reconfine
ˌriːkənˈfaɪn
redefine
ˌriːdɪˈfaɪn
refine
rɪˈfaɪn
superfine
ˌsuːpəˈfaɪn
superrefine
ˌsuːpərrɪˈfaɪn
sylphine
ˈsɪlfaɪn
tragelaphine
trəˈɡɛləˌfaɪn
ultrafine
ˈʌltrəˌfaɪn
unconfine
ˌʌnkənˈfaɪn
unfine
ʌnˈfaɪn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CONFINE

confidingly
confidingness
configurate
configuration
configurational
configurationally
configurative
configurator
configure
confinable
confineable
confined
confinedly
confinedness
confineless
confinement
confiner
confines
confirm
confirmability

WORDS THAT END LIKE CONFINE

cuisine
cut it fine
determine
divine
eine
engine
genuine
hotline
imagine
in fine
ja well no fine
line
machine
magazine
olefine
on-the-spot fine
paraffine
parking fine
speeding fine
spot fine

Synonyms and antonyms of confine in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «CONFINE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «confine» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of confine

Translation of «confine» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CONFINE

Find out the translation of confine to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of confine from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «confine» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

控制
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

delimitar
570 millions of speakers

English

confine
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सीमित
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

حصر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ограничиться
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

confinar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পুরা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

limiter
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Terkurung
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

eindämmen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

限定する
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

국한시키다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ngurung
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

giam
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

எல்லைக்குட்படுத்த
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मर्यादित करणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

hapsetmek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

limitare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ograniczyć
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

обмежитися
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

limita
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

περιοριστεί
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

beperk
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

begränsa
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

begrense
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of confine

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CONFINE»

The term «confine» is quite widely used and occupies the 27.599 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CONFINE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «confine» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «confine» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about confine

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10 QUOTES WITH «CONFINE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word confine.
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Marcus Aurelius
Confine yourself to the present.
2
George Berkeley
So long as I confine my thoughts to my own ideas divested of words, I do not see how I can be easily mistaken.
3
Alastair Campbell
We should confine booing in sports arenas to sport. I love a good boo as much as the next football fan.
4
John Cleveland
Had Cain been Scot, God would have changed his doom nor forced him wander, but confine him home.
5
Alice Cooper
If you confine it, you're confining a whole thing. If you make it spontaneous, so that anything can happen, like we don't want to confine or restrict anything. What we can do, whatever we can let happen, you just let it happen.
6
Brian Eno
Software options proliferate extremely easily - too easily, in fact - because too many options create tools that can't ever be used intuitively. Intuitive actions confine the detail work to a dedicated part of the brain, leaving the rest of one's mind free to respond with attention and sensitivity to the changing texture of the moment.
7
Adam Ferguson
The artist finds, that the more he can confine his attention to a particular part of any work, his productions are the more perfect, and grow under his hands in the greater quantities.
8
Seth Grahame-Smith
There are so many stories to tell in the worlds of science fiction, the worlds of fantasy and horror that to confine yourself to even doing historical revisionist fiction, whatever you want to call it - mash-ups, gimmick lit, absurdist fiction - I don't know if I want to do that anymore.
9
Alex Grey
My art has always been in response to visions. Rather than confine my subject to representations of the outer worlds, I include portrayals of the multi-dimensional imaginal realms that pull us toward consciousness evolution.
10
Dave Grohl
Guilt is cancer. Guilt will confine you, torture you, destroy you as an artist. It's a black wall. It's a thief.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CONFINE»

Discover the use of confine in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to confine and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Puppet Types and Providers
Because it is possible to have multiple providers for the same resource type, the provider API has three methods that determine which provider is most appropriate for a given system: confine, defaultfor, and commands. The confine and ...
Dan Bode, Nan Liu, 2012
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Isaaci Newtoni Opera quae exstant omnia
To satisfy myself how much the colours of the several rings spread into one another, 1 measured the diameters of the second and third rings ; and found them, when made by the confine of the Red and Orange, to be to the fame diameters, ...
Sir Isaac Newton, 1782
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Makai Kingdom: The Official Strategy Guide
A Skinny Weed makes an excellent body for TEC When you begin the game, you will be able to confine yourself and your troops in some items that are already lying around Lord Zetta's domain. Later on, you'll need to Summon items you've ...
DoubleJump, 2005
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A Mathematical and Philosophical Dictionary: Containing an ...
These are the varieties in the refrangibility of light, when the refraction takes place in the confine of a vacuum ; and the phenomena will scarce differ iensi- bly in refractions made in the confine of dense mediums and air. " But when light passes ...
Charles Hutton, 1795
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Camminare in Italia
Fino alla prima guerra mondiale, la linea del confine passava più a sud, ma dopo il 1919 una parte di territorio austriaco fu ceduta all'Italia. Nei due percorsi descritti in questo capitolo pare di trovarsi in Austria anche quando non è così.
Brendan Sainsbury, 2011
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English Synonyms Explained, in Alphabetical Order: With ...
LIMIT, from the Latin limes a landmark, signifies to draw a line which is to be the exterior line or limit. , CONFINE signifies to bring within confines (p. Border). . CIRCUMSCRIBE, in Latin cir- cumseribo, is compounded of circum and scribo to  ...
George Crabb, 1818
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French Faux Amis: The Combined Book
confiner–. to. confine. As you might expect, confinercan mean to confine, and se confineris used in pretty much the same way as “to confine oneself” in English. L' enfant était confiné dans une petite chambre – The child was confined to a small  ...
Saul H. Rosenthal, 2009
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Self-Knowledge
How, then, can thought define or confine the Self? The Self is singular, stateless and modeless. Thought is multiple, appearing as thoughts, modes, and states. How, then, can thought pertain to the Self? How, then, can thought define or ...
Nome, 2003
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Opticks:: Or, A Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, ...
For' in, the Confine of Air and , Sal-gem 'tis stronger than in the Confine of Air and Water, and still stronger in the Confine of Air and common Glass or Crystal, and stronger in the Confine of Air and a [Diamond. If any of these, and suchlike ...
Sir Isaac Newton, 1721
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The Cultures of Italian Migration: Diverse Trajectories and ...
Rigo, Europa di confine, 64. 9. Sandro Mezzadra e Federico Rahola, “La condizione postcoloniale,” Derive— Approdi 23 (2003): 7–12. 10. Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri, Impero (Milano: Rizzoli, 2001), 135. 11. Zanini, Significati del confine ...
Graziella Parati, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CONFINE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term confine is used in the context of the following news items.
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Deliver a full, fair and balanced debate
6 debate would inevitably confine them to short sound-bite bursts. So why not divide the 16-candidate field into two eight-person debates — or ... «Charleston Post Courier, Jul 15»
2
Video shows how Paradise Fire is being spread by lichen
Crews are working to confine and contain the fire, suppressing it where needed and allowing it to benefit the ecosystem where possible. «KING5.com, Jul 15»
3
West Virginia man faces charges after deer found living in home
In West Virginia it is illegal to confine wildlife or secure them in an area where they are not able to roam free or come and go as they please. «WSLS, Jul 15»
4
Is The Chinese Stock Market Going The Japanese Way?
They, therefore, confine themselves into routine and predictable business, simply collecting deposits and financing government decided real ... «Forbes, Jul 15»
5
Iran's Legions of Weary Young People Push Against the Old Ways
And despite regime efforts to insulate Iran from unwanted foreign influence, including a project during the Ahmadinejad era to confine citizens ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
6
I've Seen The Future Of Twitter And It's Apple Music
Chris Sacca, a notable Twitter investor, wrote a piece detailing his vision for Twitter and how it shouldn't necessarily confine its various ... «TechCrunch, Jul 15»
7
JIM PARKER: What next? A 'Super mayor'
It is the system that is being brought into question and they say the voters deserve a chance to keep it going or confine it to room 101. «Torquay Herald Express, Jul 15»
8
'Total Divas' Season 4 premiere: Does Eva Marie deserve the other …
Per usual, they didn't confine their fighting to the ring. Instead, most of the women let Eva Marie know that they have bone to pick with her. «Zap2it.com, Jul 15»
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Mayor: Tougher dangerous dog law needed
Owners of dogs declared dangerous are also required to confine the dogs on their property with a secure fence or facility; keep their dogs on ... «Albuquerque Journal, Jul 15»
10
The 'problem' with iced coffee
While less courageous columnists confine themselves to non-controversial topics, like gun control, or how to respond to Islamic State, or the ... «Gulf Times, Jul 15»

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