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

But their frustrations remain confined to social media for the time being.

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While her fellow inmates were confined to their dormitories after breakfast, Maxwell met with several visitors in the federal prison camp’s chapel, according to people familiar with the matter.

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The market’s undulations staying confined to the financial sphere can be a good thing.

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Scientists note that Aedes mosquitoes are expanding their range due to warmer temperatures, global trade, and increased urbanization, allowing diseases once confined to the tropics to appear in new regions.

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In a remarkable film of a recently married couple, we briefly glimpse a vivacious Anne, not yet confined to the annex, regarding the pair from a balcony.

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• restrained 
• restricted