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Definitions for confines
con·fines
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Princeton's WordNet
confinesnoun
a bounded scope
"he stayed within the confines of the city"
Wiktionary
confinesnoun
The borders or limits of an area.
confinesnoun
Elements that restrain someone.
confinesnoun
The scope or range of a subject.
Wikipedia
Confines
Confines is a town and municipality in the Santander Department in northeastern Colombia.
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confines
Confines refer to the boundaries, limits, or borders of something. It indicates the extent or scope within which a particular activity, process, or object exists or can be done. It can also be used to refer to a restricted area or space where someone is held or confined.
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Confines
Confines is a town and municipality in the Santander Department in northeastern Colombia.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of confines in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of confines in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of confines in a Sentence
I just want to take a moment to remind everyone the Houston Police Department supports First Amendment rights and supports public assembly, but it has to be done in a safe manner, and it has to be done within the confines and within the scope of the laws.
We believe in the rule of the law. So even if the athletes have genuine cases, they must operate within the confines of the law, not through the law of the jungle.
Alfred North Whitehead, From the viewbook of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University:
The future belongs to those who can rise above the confines of the earth.
Myths and legends die hard in America. We love them for the extra dimension they provide, the illusion of near-infinite possibility to erase the narrow confines of most men's reality. Weird heroes and mould-breaking champions exist as living proof to those who need it that the tyranny of the rat race is not yet final.
I've decided I can't put that part of my life on hold. I need sex, I want to be in a relationship and who knows how long this will last, you learn to navigate that within the confines of Covid.
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