Confine vs. Define — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Confine and Define
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Confine
Confine is a village (curazia) located in San Marino. It belongs to the municipality (castello) of Chiesanuova.
Define
State or describe exactly the nature, scope, or meaning of
The contract will seek to define the client's obligations
Confine
To keep within bounds; restrict
Please confine your remarks to the issues at hand.
Define
Mark out the boundary or limits of
The river defines the park's boundary
Confine
To shut or keep in, especially to imprison.
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Define
To state the precise meaning of (a word or sense of a word, for example).
Confine
To restrict in movement
The sick child was confined to bed.
Define
To describe the nature or basic qualities of; explain
Define the properties of a new drug.
A study that defines people according to their median incomes.
Confine
(obsolete) To have a common boundary with; to border on.
Define
To make clear the outline or form of; delineate
Gentle hills that were defined against the sky.
Confine
(transitive) To restrict (someone or something) to a particular scope or area; to keep in or within certain bounds.
Define
To specify distinctly
Define the weapons to be used in limited warfare.
Confine
A boundary or limit.
Define
To give form or meaning to
"For him, a life is defined by action" (Jay Parini).
Confine
(poetic) Confinement, imprisonment.
Define
To make or write a definition.
Confine
To restrain within limits; to restrict; to limit; to bound; to shut up; to inclose; to keep close.
Now let not nature's handKeep the wild flood confined! let order die!
He is to confine himself to the compass of numbers and the slavery of rhyme.
Define
To determine with precision; to mark out with distinctness; to ascertain or exhibit clearly.
The defining power of an optical instrument
Confine
To have a common boundary; to border; to lie contiguous; to touch; - followed by on or with.
Where your gloomy boundsConfine with heaven.
Bewixt heaven and earth and skies there stands a place.Confining on all three.
Define
(obsolete) To settle, decide an argument etc.
Confine
Common boundary; border; limit; - used chiefly in the plural.
Events that came to pass within the confines of Judea.
And now in little spaceThe confines met of empyrean heaven,And of this world.
On the confines of the city and the Temple.
Define
To express the essential nature of something.
I define myself as a techno-anarchist.
Your past mistakes do not define who you are.
Confine
Apartment; place of restraint; prison.
Confines, wards, and dungeons.
The extravagant and erring spirit hiesTo his confine.
Define
To state the meaning of a word, phrase, sign, or symbol.
The textbook defined speed as velocity divided by time.
Confine
Restrict or confine,
I limit you to two visits to the pub a day
Define
To describe, explain, or make definite and clear; used to request the listener or other person to elaborate or explain more clearly his or her intended meaning of a word or expression.
Person 1: Is she good at math?
Person 2: Define "good." If you mean if she is faster than the average middle schooler at multiplication, then yes. If you mean if she is able to do multivariable calculus, then no.
Person 2: Define "good." If you mean if she is faster than the average middle schooler at multiplication, then yes. If you mean if she is able to do multivariable calculus, then no.
Confine
Place limits on (extent or access);
Restrict the use of this parking lot
Limit the time you can spend with your friends
Define
To demark sharply the outlines or limits of an area or concept.
To define the legal boundaries of a property
Confine
Prevent from leaving or from being removed
Define
(mathematics) To establish the referent of a term or notation.
Confine
Close in or confine
Define
(programming) A kind of macro in source code that replaces one text string with another wherever it occurs.
Confine
Deprive of freedom; take into confinement
Define
To fix the bounds of; to bring to a termination; to end.
Confine
To close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement;
This holds the local until the express passengers change trains
About a dozen animals were held inside the stockade
The illegal immigrants were held at a detention center
The terrorists held the journalists for ransom
Define
To determine or clearly exhibit the boundaries of; to mark the limits of; as, to define the extent of a kingdom or country.
Define
To determine with precision; to mark out with distinctness; to ascertain or exhibit clearly; as, the defining power of an optical instrument.
Rings . . . very distinct and well defined.
Define
To determine the precise signification of; to fix the meaning of; to describe accurately; to explain; to expound or interpret; as, to define a word, a phrase, or a scientific term.
They define virtue to be life ordered according to nature.
Define
To determine; to decide.
Define
Give a definition for the meaning of a word;
Define `sadness'
Define
Determine the essential quality of
Define
Determine the nature of;
What defines a good wine?
Define
Delineate the form or outline of;
The tree was clearly defined by the light
The camera could define the smallest object
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