📖 C — The English dictionary · page 61

confine — Everyday, meaning 1: To keep someone or something inside a small or closed space: «The dog was confined to the kitchen».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To keep something within a limit and not let it spread or go beyond: «Please confine your answer to 100 words».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Be confined to bed, a wheelchair or the house: to have to stay there because of illness or injury.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (old) To be confined: to be in bed to give birth to a baby.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: To hold something tightly in place, such as tying hair back.↗ Example: The fire was confined to the kitchen and did not spread.↗ · Grandad was confined to bed with flu for a week.↗ · Please confine your talk to five minutes.↗ · The tiger paced in its confined enclosure.↗ · Cats hate being confined in a box.↗ · Firefighters train for rescues in confined spaces.↗ · The flooding was confined to the low part of town.↗ · Aphrodite is also frequently represented in the act of confining her dripping locks in a knot, whilst her attendant nymphs envelop her in a gauzy veil.↗

confined — Everyday, meaning 1: Kept inside a small or closed space (a confined space).↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Kept from going somewhere (confined to bed).↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Limited to a particular area or group (The problem is confined to one class).↗ Everyday, meaning 4: Past form of confine: to keep someone or something within limits.↗ Example: The pup was confined to the kitchen at night.↗ · Never play in confined spaces like old fridges.↗ · She was confined to bed with flu.↗ · The flood was confined to the low part of town.↗ · The prisoners were confined to their cells.↗ · The fire was confined to one room.↗ · A FOX saw a Lion confined in a cage, and standing near him, bitterly reviled him.↗

confinement — Everyday, meaning 1: Confinement is being kept in a small space or not being allowed to leave.↗ e.g. "the animals were in confinement".↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Solitary confinement is keeping a prisoner alone in a cell.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (old-fashioned, euphemism) Confinement was a polite word for the time a woman gives birth and rests in bed.↗ Example: The prisoner spent years in confinement.↗ · The princess hated her confinement in the tower.↗ · After the operation, he faced a week's confinement to bed.↗ · Chickens kept in close confinement cannot move freely.↗ · Solitary confinement is a harsh punishment.↗ · In the old story, the lady's confinement ended with a baby boy.↗ · I think he found his confinement wearisome, so that I was a welcome guest.↗

confines — Everyday, meaning 1: The edges or limits of a place: «within the confines of the school grounds».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The limits of an idea, rule or activity: «within the confines of the law».↗ Example: Pupils must stay within the confines of the school grounds at lunch.↗ · The puppy was happy to escape the confines of its crate.↗ · In the narrow confines of the cave, we had to crawl.↗ · Artists like to work beyond the confines of the usual rules.↗ · Everything must be done within the confines of the law.↗ · The fox lived within the confines of the city park.↗ · He hath described a boundary upon the face of the waters, unto the confines of light and darkness.↗ (Writings JOB.26.10, JPS 1917)↗

confirm — Everyday, meaning 1: To confirm something is to show or say that it is definitely true or correct.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To confirm a plan, booking or time is to say that it will definitely happen.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: In some Christian churches, to confirm someone is to accept them as a full member in a ceremony.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: Confirmed describes someone who has long held a habit or belief and is unlikely to change.↗ Example: Check your answer to confirm that it is right.↗ · The doctor confirmed that my arm was broken.↗ · Please confirm the time of the party.↗ · The test results confirmed our guess.↗ · Mum phoned to confirm our table at the restaurant.↗ · The teacher confirmed that the trip was on Friday.↗ · Can you confirm your email address?↗ · To confirm this there are faithful witnesses; the world, year and man, the twelve, the Equipoise, the heptade, which God regulates like the Dragon, [40] (Tali) sphere and the heart.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗ · I have sworn, and have confirmed it, to observe Thy righteous ordinances.↗ (Writings PSA.119.106, JPS 1917)↗ · Confirm Thy word unto Thy servant, which pertaineth unto the fear of Thee.↗ (Writings PSA.119.38, JPS 1917)↗ · And the commandment of Esther confirmed these matters of Purim; and it was written in the book.↗ (Writings EST.9.32, JPS 1917)↗

confirmation — Everyday, meaning 1: Confirmation is a message or proof that something is true or definitely happening, like a booking confirmation.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (church) Confirmation is a Christian ceremony in which a young person or adult, usually already baptised, confirms their faith for themselves, often with a bishop laying hands on them and praying.↗ Example: We got an email confirmation for the cinema tickets.↗ · The teacher waited for confirmation that the trip was on.↗ · My sister's confirmation is at the cathedral with the bishop.↗ · At confirmation, Ciara chose the name Brigid.↗ · The test result gave confirmation of our guess.↗ · Confirmation classes are on Wednesday evenings.↗ · The clothes were ready, and the candidate for confirmation was ready.↗

confirmeth — Early Modern English, meaning 1: «confirmeth» means «confirms», a form of «confirm».↗ e.g. To confirm something is to show or say that it is definitely true or correct.↗ Example: Cursed be he that confirmeth not the words of this law to do them.↗ (Torah DEU.27.26, JPS 1917)

confiscate — Everyday, meaning 1: To take something away from someone, usually as a punishment or because a rule says it is not allowed, often keeping it for a while.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (law) For police or the government to take someone's property officially, for example because it was used in a crime.↗ Example: The teacher confiscated my phone because it rang in maths.↗ · If you bring that slime to class again, I'll confiscate it.↗ · My yo-yo was confiscated until home time.↗ · Customs officers confiscated the fruit at the airport because of the rules on pests.↗ · Police confiscated the stolen bikes.↗ · Dad threatened to confiscate the games console if we kept fighting.↗ · The referee confiscated the ball from the boys who kept kicking it at the windows.↗ · Everything he had was confiscated or stolen.↗

confiscation — Everyday, meaning 1: The act of taking something away from someone because of a rule or as a punishment.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (law) The official taking of property by police, a court or the government.↗ Example: The school rules say that toys in class may lead to confiscation.↗ · The confiscation of his skateboard made Sam sulk all afternoon.↗ · The court ordered the confiscation of the money from the robbery.↗ · In history we read about the confiscation of land from farmers.↗ · Sweets brought into the exam room face confiscation.↗ · After the third confiscation, Mia stopped bringing her cards to school.↗

confiture — Everyday, meaning 1: (French) Confiture is the French word for jam or fruit preserve: «confiture de fraises» means strawberry jam; to an English ear it sounds like «kon-fee-TOOR».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: In English it is a rare, fancy word used on jars and menus for a jam or sweet preserve.↗ Example: In French, jam is «la confiture».↗ · «Je voudrais de la confiture» means «I'd like some jam».↗ · The jar said «Confiture de fraises».↗ · We spread confiture on our croissants in Paris.↗ · Confiture is made by boiling fruit with sugar.↗ · The menu offered toast with butter and confiture.↗

conflagration — Everyday, meaning 1: (formal) A very large, destructive fire that spreads widely.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (formal) A big war or conflict.↗ Example: The Great Fire of London was a terrible conflagration.↗ · The conflagration destroyed hundreds of homes.↗ · Firefighters battled the conflagration all night.↗ · Dry bushland can turn a small spark into a conflagration.↗ · Leaders feared the border fight would become a wider conflagration.↗ · Only stone buildings survived the conflagration.↗ · The smoke drove across the scene of the conflagration, and the wind carried it away.↗

conflict — Everyday, meaning 1: A conflict is a serious disagreement or argument.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A conflict is a war or fight between countries or groups.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: If two things conflict, they cannot both be true or happen at the same time.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: In stories, the conflict is the main problem the characters must face.↗ Example: The two friends had a conflict over the football.↗ · Many people lost their homes in the conflict.↗ · The story's conflict is that the dragon has stolen the gold.↗ · Choir practice conflicts with football training.↗ · We learned how to solve conflicts calmly.↗ · The two reports gave conflicting numbers.↗ · The teacher helped settle the conflict.↗ · A SERPENT and an Eagle were struggling with each other in deadly conflict.↗ · He made them as a conflict, drew them up like a wall; and set one against the other as in warfare.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗ · He made them as a conflict, drew them up like a wall ; and set one against the other as in warfare.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗

conform — Everyday, meaning 1: To conform is to behave the way most people do or the way you are expected to.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To conform to a rule or standard is to obey it or meet it: «The toys conform to safety rules».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To conform to a shape is to fit it.↗ Example: All toys must conform to safety standards.↗ · He didn't want to conform, so he dyed his hair blue.↗ · The uniform must conform to school rules.↗ · The mattress conforms to the shape of your body.↗ · People often conform to what their friends do.↗ · This bike helmet conforms to the safety rules.↗ · "Now I want rest after my dinner," said the Portuguese; "you must conform to the rules of the house while you are here.↗

conformable — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: matching or fitting in shape or manner.↗ Example: And under the firmament were their wings conformable the one to the other; this one of them had two which covered, and that one of them had two which covered, their bodies.↗ (Prophets EZK.1.23, JPS 1917)↗

conformity — Everyday, meaning 1: Behaving the same way as most other people or as the rules expect, instead of being different: «pressure towards conformity».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Being in agreement with a rule, law or standard: «in conformity with the safety rules».↗ Example: School uniforms are partly about conformity.↗ · Some teenagers dye their hair to rebel against conformity.↗ · The toy was tested for conformity with safety rules.↗ · Conformity is not always bad: we all drive on the same side of the road.↗ · The story is about a girl who refuses to give in to conformity.↗ · Scientists ran a famous experiment showing how strong the pressure to conformity can be.↗

confound — Everyday, meaning 1: To confound someone is to confuse them so badly that they cannot think clearly.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To confound a plan is to defeat it or spoil it.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (exclamation) «Confound it!» is an old way of saying «Blast it!» when something goes wrong.↗ Example: The puzzle began to confound me.↗ · The magician's fog was meant to confound the soldiers.↗ · Do not confound the innocent with the guilty.↗ · «Confound it!» cried the farmer when his cart stuck in the mud.↗ · Come, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.'↗ (Torah GEN.11.7, JPS 1917)↗ · Therefore was the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth; and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.↗ (Torah GEN.11.9, JPS 1917)↗

confounded — Everyday, meaning 1: Confounded means very puzzled or confused.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (old-fashioned, mild swearing) Confounded is used to show annoyance, meaning «annoying» or «wretched»: «this confounded rain».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To confound someone is to surprise and confuse them; to confound a plan or prediction is to prove it wrong.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: To confound two things is to mix them up and think one is the other.↗ Example: The puzzle left everyone confounded.↗ · «That confounded motor car!» shouted the old man.↗ · The result confounded the experts.↗ · Confound it, I've lost my keys!↗ · Toad cursed the confounded washerwoman's dress.↗ · The magician's trick confounded the audience.↗ · "Kow" must not be confounded with the more prosaic animal with a "C."↗ · The harmonious one (zusammengefuegtes Eins) was confounded with the plain one and thus fire came to be regarded as the Pythagorean first material element..↗ (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗ · They were ashamed because they had hoped; they came thither, and were confounded.↗ (Writings JOB.6.20, JPS 1917)↗ · We are greatly confounded, because we have forsaken the land, because our dwellings have cast us out.'↗ (Prophets JER.9.18, JPS 1917)↗ · They shall be ashamed, yea, confounded, all of them; they shall go in confusion together that are makers of idols.↗ (Prophets ISA.45.16, JPS 1917)↗

confront — Everyday, meaning 1: To confront someone is to face them, often to argue or talk about a problem.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To confront a problem or danger is to deal with it instead of avoiding it.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: If a problem confronts you, you have to face it.↗ Example: She confronted her brother about the missing chocolate.↗ · The knight confronted the dragon.↗ · You have to confront your fears to beat them.↗ · We were confronted with a huge pile of homework.↗ · The teacher confronted the problem of bullying.↗ · Don't confront a burglar — call the police.↗ · The cords of Sheol surrounded me; the snares of Death confronted me.↗ (Prophets 2SA.22.6, JPS 1917)↗ · They confronted me in the day of my calamity; but the LORD was a stay unto me.↗ (Prophets 2SA.22.19, JPS 1917)↗ · Arise, O LORD, confront him, cast him down; deliver my soul from the wicked, by Thy sword; (Writings PSA.17.13, JPS 1917)↗