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  1. n. The borders or limits of an area.
  2. n. Elements that restrain someone.
  3. n. The scope or range of a subject.
  4. v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of confine.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a bounded scope

Examples

  • “I agree she naturally can do that type but to only see her in those confines is a stretch. ericlarson”

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  • “THE one and only universal expert on everythring every where,. but especially within confines of a county or parish where there aint no God and the internet is for sissys .. yuk yuk”

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  • “Spin: He had a 5.80 ERA with the Dodgers, which goes to show that any pitcher in Petco Park's hurler-friendly confines is worth a flyer.”

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  • “The 'Big Brother' TV show, which is called 'Someone is Watching Us' in Turkish, confines a group of people to a house under the constant gaze of cameras.”

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  • “Mr Finkelstein confines himself to commending their "brilliant" insights).”

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  • “Generally, to throw listeners off the track, slang confines itself to adding to all the words of the language without distinction, an ignoble tail, a termination in aille, in orgue, in iergue, or in uche.”

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  • “Dr Finn, of Killaloe, in county Clare, was as well known in those parts — the confines, that is, of the counties Clare,”

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  • “Dr Finn, of Killaloe, in county Clare, was as well known in those parts -- the confines, that is, of the counties Clare, Limerick, Tipperary, and Galway -- as was the bishop himself who lived in the same town, and was as much respected.”

    Phineas Finn

  • “Dr. Finn, of Killaloe, in county Clare, was as well known in those parts, -- the confines, that is, of the counties Clare, Limerick,”

    Phineas Finn The Irish Member

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