Synonyms for confines
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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"

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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. Aloo Denish Obiero:

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

2. Hunter S. Thompson:

   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.

3. Kate Finn:

   When names like Kansas City Chiefs are used, Kansas City Chiefs makes that culture a stereotype, it confines it to a caricature that really doesn't express the fullness of Indigenous peoples' culture.

4. Mona Gohara:

   Many infectious disease experts will say that if you can eliminate facial hair, or if you can at least trim it just so it fits within the confines of the mask, then that's advisable, there have to be solutions for people where that's not an option. And that's something that, as medical providers, we need to address.

5. Sports Gordon Oluoch:

   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.