| word | confine |
|---|---|
| definition | (1) To keep (someone or something) within limits. (2) To hold (someone) in a location. |
| eg_sentence | He had heard the bad news from the CEO, but when he spoke to his employees he confined his remarks to a few hints that sales had slipped. |
| explanation | Confine means basically to keep someone or something within borders. Someone confined to a bedroom or a wheelchair is too ill or disabled to be anywhere else. A person under “house arrest” is confined to his or her house by the government. At a business meeting, the discussion may be confined to a single topic. A town may keep industrial development confined to one area by means of zoning. And someone confined to the state prison for 20 years has probably committed quite a serious crime |
| IPA | kənˈfaɪn |
Tags: mwvb::unit:2, mwvb::unit:2:word, mwvb::word, mwvb::word-cloze, mwvb::word-reverse, obsidian_to_anki
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