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circumscribe::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | confine to, limit |
| Type of | lessen, decrease, minify |
| Has types | cut back, number, curtail, cap, curb, hold down, keep down, restrict |
| Derivation | circumscription |
our actions are circumscribed by our biology, personality, and by the social and cultural context into which we are born.
Examples of circumscribe
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But district lines drawn after the 2010 census circumscribe their opportunities.
From the nytimes.com
They can, however, circumscribe behavior on both sides of that faith-divide.
From the time.com
Would they further corrode my sense of autonomy or further circumscribe my existence?
From the well.blogs.nytimes.com
Indeed, Obama's first problem will be drawing lines to circumscribe bailout promiscuity.
From the dispatch.com
Free-range farmers carefully, aggressively circumscribe their animals'experience as animals.
From the theatlantic.com
Notice the very intense attempt circumscribe responsibility and rip the event from context.
From the scienceblogs.com
Any attempt to circumscribe the individual's freedom to choose, must be viewed with scepticism.
From the thebeaveronline.co.uk
Is it possible to formally circumscribe languages from each other?
From the en.wikipedia.org
When it is, the conservatory will no longer be so wasteful that regulations have to circumscribe its use.
From the telegraph.co.uk
- Draw a line around; "He drew a circle around the points"
- Limit: restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day"
- To draw a geometric figure around another figure so that the two are in contact but do not intersect
- (circumscribed) subject to limits or subjected to limits
- In geometry, the circumscribed circle or circumcircle of a polygon is a circle which passes through all the vertices of the polygon. The center of this circle is called the circumcenter.
- (circumscribing) the relationship stage that finds both the quality and quantity of communication between the parties decreasing.
- Restrain by drawing a line around; limit or restrict actions to a small area within narrow boundaries.
- To draw a line or lines around something; to encircle, as when enclosing (perhaps a polygon or polyhedron ) within lines, curves, or surfaces. To determine the limits of; to define or restrict.
- 1. A triangle located round a polygon such as a circle. 2 To draw a figure around another, touching it at points but not cutting it.
