Значение слова "CONFINES" найдено в 13 источниках

CONFINES

найдено в "Англо-русском большом универсальном переводческом словаре"

[`kɔnfaɪnz]

границы; граница, предел, рубеж

найдено в "Collocations dictionary"

confines: translation

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ close, cramped, limited, narrow, rigid, small, strict, tight

▪ issues that go beyond the limited confines of the book

▪ within the strict confines of the law

▪ immediate

▪ comfortable, comfy (informal), cosy/cozy, friendly (AmE), safe

▪ The dim, familiar confines of the room grew clearer as my eyes adjusted to the indoor darkness.

▪ The next two games are in the friendly confines of Wrigley Field.

▪ She returned to the cosy/cozy confines of her lodgings on the second floor.

▪ cool, dark, quiet

▪ She stepped into the cool, dark confines of a roadside inn.

▪ in the quiet confines of a Bloomington hotel room

VERB + CONFINES

▪ escape, leave

▪ a chance to escape the stuffy confines of the town

▪ It is a story that must not escape the confines of this room.

▪ It took him some effort to leave the comfy confines of his room.

▪ Most airmen aren't allowed to leave the confines of the base.

▪ She longed to leave the confines of her household.

▪ transcend

▪ The gay community is transcending the narrow confines of the ghetto.

▪ enter

▪ They left the half-lit streets and entered the confines of a cemetery.

PREPOSITION

▪ beyond the confines of, outside the confines of

▪ She wanted to experience things outside the close confines of family life.

▪ in the confines of, within the confines of

▪ He spent three years within the narrow confines of the prison.

найдено в "Moby Thesaurus"

confines: translation

Synonyms and related words:

airspace, approach, approximation, area, belt, boundaries, bounds, bourns, circumference, circumscription, closeness, compass, continental shelf, convergence, coordinates, corridor, country, department, district, division, edges, environs, foreground, fringes, ground, heartland, hinterland, immediacy, immediate foreground, land, limitations, limits, marches, metes, metes and bounds, milieu, nearness, neighborhood, nighness, offshore rights, outlines, outskirts, pale, parameters, part, parts, perimeter, periphery, place, precinct, precincts, premises, propinquity, proximity, purlieus, quarter, region, salient, section, skirts, soil, space, terrain, territory, three-mile limit, twelve-mile limit, verges, vicinage, vicinity, zone

найдено в "Crosswordopener"

• Prevent from leaving or from being removed

• To close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement

• Take into confinement

• Close in or confine

• Place limits on

• Restrict or confine, as to area, extent, time, etc.

• A bounded scope

• Deprive of freedom

найдено в "Англо-русском словаре Мюллера"

confines [ˊkɒnfaɪnz] n pl

грани́цы; рубе́ж;