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Meaning of confined in English

Table of contents
  1. Pronunciation
  2. Classifying Adjective
    1. Definitions
  3. Qualitative Adjective
    1. Definitions
  1. Pronunciation

    /kənˈfaɪnd/

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  1. Classifying Adjective

    confined

    Definitions

    1. enclosed by a confining fence

    Synonyms

    • enclosed
  2. 2. deprived of liberty

    Examples

    • « especially placed under arrest or restraint »

    Synonyms

    • restrained
  3. 3. in captivity

    Synonyms

    • unfree
  4. Qualitative Adjective

    confined

    Definitions

    1. not free to move about

    Synonyms

    • claustrophobic
    • close
    • confining
    • homebound
    • housebound
    • shut-in
    • pent
    • shut up(p)
    • snowbound
    • weather-bound
    • stormbound

    Antonyms

    • unconfined
  5. 2. not invading healthy tissue

    Antonyms

    • invasive

Famous quotes

  • « Jail didn't make me find God, He's always been there. They can lock me up, but my spirit and my love can never be confined to prison walls. »
    Lil Wayne
  • « Are ideals confined to this deformed experiment upon a noble purpose, tainted, as it is, with bargains and tied to a peace treaty which might have been disposed of long ago to the great benefit of the world if it had not been compelled to carry this rider on its back? »
    Henry Cabot Lodge
  • « It was not enough to come and listen to a great sermon or message every Sunday morning and be confined to those four walls and those four corners. You had to get out and do something. »
    John Lewis
  • « One whose knowledge is confined to books and whose wealth is in the possession of others, can use neither his knowledge nor wealth when the need for them arises. »
    Chanakya
  • « To help the poor to a capacity for action and liberty is something essential for one's own health as well as theirs: there is a needful gift they have to offer which cannot be offered so long as they are confined by poverty. »
    Rowan D. Williams

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