Circumscribe

/ˈsɝ.kəm.skɹaɪb/

Synonyms for "circumscribe" (119 found)

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Closest matches (24)

Verb(3 words)

limit bound bounded

abate abbreviate adjustadjust toalter assuage bar border bound boxbox inbox upcirclecircle incoarct compact

Noun(5 words)

bounding bounds cincture cincturescircle the key terms

Strong matches (36)

Verb(7 words)

compassedconfine toconstrain defines delimits encircle enclose

compress concentrate condense condition confine consolidate constrict constringe contract cramp curtail decrease define delimit delimitate demarcate determine diminish divide draw

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draw indraw togetherenclose fence fetter fix

Noun(3 words)

delimiting enveloping girdle

Related words (59)

hamper hedgehedge abouthemhem inimprisonkeep from spreadingkeep within boundsknitlay offleaven limit localizemark boundariesmark offmark outmark the peripherymitigate moderate modify

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modulate narrow palliate puckerpucker uppurse qualify reduce regulateregulate byrestrain restrictrope offseason separateset conditionsset limitsset the limitshorten soften solidify specify stakestake outstint strangle strangulate surround temper tighten trammel wrinkle

Verb(4 words)

hem ininclude restrict surround

Adjective(1 words)

immured

Noun(2 words)

scopes scoping

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

10 entries

action decrease delineate describe draw lessen line minify trace verb

More specific

4 entries

boundary circle limit restriction

Collocations

5 entries

circumscribed boundarycircumscribed circlecircumscribed figurecircumscribed polygoncircumscription

Inflections

3 entries

circumscribed circumscribes circumscribing

Derivations

4 entries

circumscribed circumscriber circumscription circumscriptive

Sample sentences

2 total sentences available.

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"Well, I promise you to circumscribe her conquests as much as possible by extending my own," returned Henrietta. "It will be an easy task; for Miss Churchill does not do 'the honours of her eyes.' I often tell her her beauty is quite wasted upon her."

Source: wiktionary

It is tempting to speculate about the incentives or compulsions that might explain why anyone would take to the skies in [the] basket [of a balloon]: […]; perhaps to moralise on the oneness or fragility of the planet, or to see humanity for the small and circumscribed thing that it is; […].

Source: wiktionary

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