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verb

-fines; -fined; -fining

[+ obj] to keep (someone or something) within limits :to prevent (someone or something) from going beyond a particular limit, area, etc. - usually + to

Please confine [=restrict, limit] your comments to 200 words.

The cancer was confined to the lung. [=the cancer was only in the lung; the cancer had not spread to any other parts of the body]

We must confine ourselves to the agenda we've agreed on for this meeting. [=we must only talk about what is on the agenda]

The town would like to confine commercial development to an area by the highway.

Students need not confine themselves to a single area of study.

The city's poverty is not confined to just one neighborhood.

to keep (a person or animal) in a place (such as a prison) - usually used as (be) confined

Violent criminals are sometimes confined for life.

a camp where prisoners were confined during the war - often + to or in

She was confined to a psychiatric hospital for a year.

The bull was confined in a pen behind the barn.

to force or cause (someone) to stay in something (such as a bed or wheelchair) - usually used as (be) confined

I regularly visit a sick neighbor who is confined at home. [=who cannot leave home because of being sick] - often + to

He was confined to a wheelchair.

She was confined to bed for a week with the flu.

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confine /kən'fain/

confine /kənˈfaɪn/

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