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confines

See also: Confines and confinés

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confines pl (plural only)

  1. The borders or limits of an area.
    • 1952 February, H. C. Casserley, “Permanent Wayfarings”, in Railway Magazine, page 77:
      It has not been used for many years, and although it was impracticable to photograph the engine in the small confines of the shed it was possible to obtain a picture of the plate which it still carries showing the former ownership.
  2. Elements that restrain someone.
    • 2020 December 2, Mark Phillips, “Rebuilding Rail in the 2020s”, in RAIL, page 46:
      "I think that there comes a point where people begin to get bored within their own confines, so there is definitely an opportunity to encourage travel - even though it will be a different sort of arrangement than we've been used to in the past.
  3. The scope or range of a subject.

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confines

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of confine

Catalan

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confines

  1. second-person singular present indicative of confinar

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confines

  1. second-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of confiner

Galician

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confines

  1. second-person singular present subjunctive of confinar

Latin

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Adjective

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cōnfīnēs

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative masculine/feminine plural of cōnfīnis

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Portuguese

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confines

  1. second-person singular present subjunctive of confinar

Spanish

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Noun

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confines

  1. plural of confín

Verb

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confines

  1. second-person singular present subjunctive of confinar
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