Confined Confine Kənˈfaɪn I River Narrow Channel Verb

• the work will not be confined to the glasgow area.
• i will confine myself to looking at the period from 1900 to 1916.
• keep the dog confined in a suitable travelling cage.
• here the river is confined in a narrow channel.

confine

1. to keep somebody/something inside the limits of a particular activity, subject, area, etc.
• synonym restrict
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• The work will not be confined to the Glasgow area.
• I will confine myself to looking at the period from 1900 to 1916.
2. to keep a person or an animal in a small or closed space
• Keep the dog confined in a suitable travelling cage.
• Here the river is confined in a narrow channel.
• The soldiers concerned were confined to barracks (= had to stay in the barracks, as a punishment).
3. to have to stay in bed, in a wheelchair, etc.
• She was confined to bed with the flu.
• He was confined to a wheelchair after the accident.

Extra Examples

• Let’s confine our attention to the problem of illegal drugs.
• Not all horror stories are safely confined to the television set or movie screen.
• Poverty and deprivation are by no means confined to the north of the country.
• She’s been confined to a wheelchair since having a bad fall.
• The discussion will be confined largely to general principles.
• These small mammals are generally confined to the south of the island.
• They confined themselves to purely economic matters.
• Here the river is confined to a narrow channel.
• The soldiers concerned were confined to barracks.

Verb Forms

• present simple I / you / we / they confine
• he / she / it confines
• past simple confined
• past participle confined
• -ing form confining

Word Origin

• late Middle English (as a noun): from French confins (plural noun), from Latin confinia, from confinis ‘bordering’, from con- ‘together’ + finis ‘end, limit’ (plural fines ‘territory’). The verb senses are from French confiner, based on Latin confinis.