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Spell Bee Word: confined


Basic Details

Word: Confined

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Kept inside a small space or within limits; not free to move about.

Synonyms: restricted, limited, shut in, cramped

Antonyms: free, open, unlimited

How to Spell Confined

Syllables: con - fined

Tricky part: It is confine with a d added. Students often lose the e and write confind, or double the n.

Watch out for: confind, confinned, confiened

Memory tip: The word fine hides in con-fine-d. A fine line marks the edge of a confined space.

Usage Examples

Example 1: The injured tiger was confined to a large enclosure until its leg healed.

Example 2: With a fever, Arnav was confined to bed for three days.

Example 3: The fire was confined to the kitchen and did not spread.

Fun Fact

Confine comes from Latin confinis, sharing a border, from finis, an end or boundary. Finish and final come from the same finis.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the word opposite in meaning to confined as used in the sentence:

For weeks the parrot sat confined in a tiny cage on the balcony.

a) caged
b) limited
c) restricted
d) free

Show answer

d) free. A confined bird cannot move about, so the opposite is free.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letters to form a word:

con_in_d

a) f, e
b) v, e
c) f, a
d) f, i

Show answer

a) f, e. Spell confine first, with its silent e, then add d.

Mingle-Mangle

Unjumble the word in the sentence and choose it:

During the cyclone we stayed dficnoen to the house for two whole days.

a) confined
b) refined
c) confided
d) confused

Show answer

a) confined. Find fine among the letters; the c, o, n and d left over wrap round it: con-fine-d.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Someone confined to bed ____.

a) has to stay in bed, usually because of illness
b) sleeps on the floor
c) has bought a new bed
d) is making the bed

Show answer

a) has to stay in bed, usually because of illness

2. Which is the noun form of confine?

a) confinement
b) confination
c) confinage
d) confinity

Show answer

a) confinement

Associated Words

surrenderedextensionbrightlyexertionrather
infatuatedsuperiorcacklingprimeuniversal

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