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Confine To (Verb)

Meaning

Restrict or confine within limits; "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day"; "please confine your questions to the topic"; "our actions are circumscribed by our biology, personality, and by the social and cultural context into which we are born".

Classification

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..

Examples

  • Please confine your answers to the questions posed by the instructor.
  • We must confine our activities to the designated areas.
  • The scope of the project was confined to the north side of the city.
  • The new policy aims to confine vehicle usage to designated routes.
  • Visitors are restricted to and confined to the first floor of the museum.

Synonyms

  • Circumscribe
  • Limit

Hypernyms

  • Decrease
  • Lessen

Hyponyms

  • Cap
  • Curtail
  • Number
  • Restrict
  • Keep Down
  • Cut Back
  • Hold Down
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