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circumscribe
verb
restrict or confine within limits
Quick reference
Word Facts
- Word length
- 12
- Starts with
- C
- Ends with
- E
- Contains
- IRCUMSCRIB
- Scrabble score
- 22
- Database source
- OEWN 2025 Core
Meaning
Definitions
verb
restrict or confine within limits
“I limit you to two visits to the pub a day”
verb
draw a line around
“another circle is circumscribed about the square”
verb
to draw a geometric figure around another figure so that the two are in contact but do not intersect
In context
Example Sentences
I limit you to two visits to the pub a day
please confine your questions to the topic
our actions are circumscribed by our biology, personality, and by the social and cultural context into which we are born
another circle is circumscribed about the square
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