Synonyms for confines
con·fines

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1. confines

   The boundary was originally the landmark, that which marked off one piece of territory from another. The bound is the limit, marked or unmarked. Now, however, the difference between the two words has come to be simply one of usage. As regards territory, we speak of the boundaries of a nation or of an estate; the bounds of a college, a ball-ground, etc. Bounds may be used for all within the limits, boundary for the limiting line only. Boundary looks to that which is without; bound only to that which is within. Hence we speak of the bounds, not the boundaries, of a subject, of the universe, etc.; we say the students were forbidden to go beyond the bounds. A barrier is something that bars ingress or egress. A barrier may be a boundary, as was the Great Wall of China. Bourn, or bourne, is a poetical expression for bound or boundary. A border is a strip of land along the boundary. Edge is a sharp terminal line, as where river or ocean meets the land. Limit is now used almost wholly in the figurative sense; as, the limit of discussion, of time, of jurisdiction. Line is a military term; as, within the lines, or through the lines, of an army. Compare BARRIER; END.

   Synonyms:
   barrier, border, bound, boundary, bourn, bourne, edge, enclosure, frontier, landmark, limit, line, marches, marge, margin, term, termination, verge

   Antonyms:
   center, citadel, estate, inside, interior, land, region, territory

   Preposition:
   The boundaries of an estate; the boundary between neighboring territories.

Princeton's WordNet

1. confinesnoun

   a bounded scope

   "he stayed within the confines of the city"

Matched Categories

1. • Scope

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1. confinesnoun

   Synonyms:
   boundaries, borders, edges, limits, matches, frontiers, precincts

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1. confinesnoun

   Synonyms:
   boundaries, borders, precincts, outskirts, purlieus, marches, frontiers

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1. List of paraphrases for "confines":

   limits, boundaries, borders, limitations, bounds

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How to use confines in a sentence?

1. Terry Josephson:

   No matter where you go or what you do, you live your entire life within the confines of your head.

2. Aloo Denish Obiero:

   Defy your confines; don't let confinements define you.

3. 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.

4. Anil Soni:

   The court is no doubt concerned by what has happened and the seriousness of the offense, but the court is also helpless because they have to stay within the confines of the act and the rules and the law.

5. Grand Rapids.Superintendent Ron Wilson:

   The logistics of being able to transport students with those kinds of confines means that I would need basically six buses to complete a single bus route, that certainly is problematic for us. Number one, we don't have the additional buses, and even if we did, I don't have enough drivers for the additional buses.