confined

[ kuhn-fahynd ]

adjective

1. limited or restricted.
2. unable to leave a place because of illness, imprisonment, etc.
3. being in childbirth; being in parturition.

confined

/ kənˈfaɪnd; kənˈfaɪnɪdlɪ /

adjective

1. enclosed or restricted; limited
2. in childbed; undergoing childbirth

Derived Forms

• conˈfinedness, noun
• confinedly, adverb

Other Words From

• con·fin·ed·ly [k, uh, n-, fahy, -nid-lee, -, fahynd, -lee], adverb
• con·fined·ness noun
• noncon·fined adjective
• precon·fined·ly adverb
• uncon·fined adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of confined¹

confine + -ed ²

Example Sentences

It may offer additional insight into what keeps quarks and gluons confined within protons, which is one of the central questions in nuclear physics that will be explored at the EIC.

From Science Daily

The benefit of electrons following closed orbits within a confined space is that the subatomic particle's property would be better preserved as it moves from one point to another, according to Velasco.

From Science Daily

That sin was the institutionalized system of the enforced, confined education of children descended from the original Americans in order to purge them of everything that made them Indian.

From Los Angeles Times

In the latest motion, his attorneys asked that instead of prison he be confined to his three-bedroom apartment in New York City’s Upper West Side with 24-hour surveillance.

From Los Angeles Times

Her lab is seeking new funding from NASA, for example, to study the effect of CO₂ on people confined to enclosed spaces, such as inside of space capsules and submarines.

From Science Daily

Related Words

• circumscribed
• cramped
• imprisoned
• restrained
• restricted