Definitions for confined
kənˈfaɪndcon·fined

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1. confinedadjective

   not invading healthy tissue

2. confinedadjective

   not free to move about

3. captive, confined, imprisoned, jailedadjective

   being in captivity

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1. confinedadjective

   having movement or progress restricted to a certain area; as, an outbreak of the plague confined to one quarter of the city; wildfires confined to within the canyon.

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1. confinedadjective

   not free to move

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1. confined

   The Abandoned (also known as The Confines, and Confined) is a 2015 American supernatural horror film directed by Eytan Rockaway, and written by Ido Fluk. It stars Jason Patric, Louisa Krause and Mark Margolis. The film premiered at the Los Angeles Film Festival on June 13, 2015, and was released in theaters and video on demand on January 8, 2016 by IFC Films. The film concerns a struggling young woman, who tries to reacquire her normal life by taking a job as a security guard at an abandoned apartment building. The Abandoned marked Rockaway's debut as director.

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1. confined

   Confined generally refers to being kept or restricted within certain limits, boundaries, or areas, often against one's will. This can relate to physical spaces, like being confined to a room, or more abstract concepts, like being confined by certain rules or circumstances.

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1. Confined

   of Confine

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'confined' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4053

How to pronounce confined?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say confined in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of confined in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of confined in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of confined in a Sentence

1. William James:

   The stream of thought flows on but most of its segments fall into the bottomless abyss of oblivion. Of some, no memory survives the instant of their passage. Of others, it is confined to a few moments, hours or days. Others, again, leave vestiges which are indestructible, and by means of which they may be recalled as long as life endures.

2. Carlos Andres Gomez:

   So many men in the world (are) living in this sort of quiet desperation, confined in this box of toxic masculinity.

3. Aaron David Miller:

   But what do they amount to? It is confined and contained to a soap opera-like exchange that never leads to anything of consequence.

4. Cathy Spraetz:

   Even giving them months to enjoy this as opposed to being in a more confined environment is the only right thing to do.

5. Ralph Waldo Emerson:

   The thirst for adventure is the vent which Destiny offers a war, a crusade, a gold mine, a new country, speak to the imagination and offer swing and play to the confined powers.

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