CONFINE


Meaning of CONFINE in English

verb

ADVERB

▪ entirely , exclusively , solely , strictly , totally

▪ increasingly

▪ essentially , largely , mainly , mostly , primarily

The discussion will be ~d largely to general principles.

▪ generally , normally , typically

Condemned prisoners are typically ~d to small cells for 23 hours a day.

These small mammals are generally ~d to the south of the island.

▪ by no means , hardly , not just , not necessarily

Poverty and deprivation are by no means ~d to the north of the country.

▪ safely ( esp. AmE )

Not all horror stories are safely ~d to the television set or movie screen.

PREPOSITION

▪ to

Let's ~ our attention to the problem of illegal drugs.

She's been ~d to a wheelchair since having a bad fall.

They ~d themselves to purely economic matters.

Confine is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ attention , ↑ discussion

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .