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What is the meaning of confined?

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Step-by-step explanation:

keep or restrict someone or something within certain limits of (space, scope, or time):

(of a person) be unable to leave (one's bed, home, or a wheelchair) because of illness or disability:

"he was confined to bed for four days with a bad dose of flu"

dated

(be confined)

(of a woman) remain in bed for a period before, during, and after giving birth:

"she was confined for nearly a month"

ORIGIN

late Middle English (as a noun): from French confins (plural noun), from Latin confinia, from confinis ‘bordering’, from con- ‘together’ + finis ‘end, limit’ (plural fines ‘territory’). The verb senses are from French confiner, based on Latin confinis.

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confined means to be cramped and restricted to an area or volume
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