confined

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kənˈfaɪnd/

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Adjective

confined (comparative more confined, superlative most confined)

1. Not free to move.

   Mia was confined to her bedroom after suffering a broken leg.

2. Limited; narrow; restricted.
3. (idiomatic) In a childbed.

Derived terms

• anticonfined
• confinedly
• confinedness
• confined space
• deconfined
• nanoconfined
• nonconfined
• semiconfined
• unconfined

Translations

not free to move

• Bulgarian: ограничен (bg) (ograničen), тесен (bg) (tesen), затворен (bg) (zatvoren)
• French: emprisonné (fr), enfermé (fr)
• German: begrenzt (de), beengt (de)
• Latin: conclūsus
• Macedonian: огра́ничен (ográničen), за́творен (zátvoren), те́сен (tésen)
• Malagasy: voagadra m
• Russian: те́сный (ru) (tésnyj), ограни́ченный (ru) (ograníčennyj)
• Swedish: begränsad (sv)

narrow; restricted

• Plautdietsch: enj

Verb

confined

1. simple past and past participle of confine