confined

[kuhn-fahynd]

adjective

1. limited or restricted.

2. unable to leave a place because of illness, imprisonment, etc.

3. being in childbirth; being in parturition.

confined

/ kənˈfaɪnd, kənˈfaɪnɪdlɪ /

adjective

1. enclosed or restricted; limited

2. in childbed; undergoing childbirth

Other Word Forms

• confinedly adverb
• confinedness noun
• nonconfined adjective
• preconfinedly adverb
• unconfined adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of confined¹

confine + -ed ²

Example Sentences

Drones are now an integral part of modern warfare, but they are not confined to the battlefield.

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But Mariona never learned the stories of the others she was confined with.

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What’s more, based on news releases from federal and local authorities, charges and arrests for assault, arson or destruction of property were almost entirely confined to a period that ended the night of July 4.

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Gabriel Dax was too good a creation to be confined to one novel.

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Credited with helping to ignite second-wave feminism in the 1960s, the book claimed that many middle-class, college-educated women were dissatisfied being confined to their roles as housewives and mothers.

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• restrained 
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