confinement
The act of confining or the state of being confinedThe act of confining or the state of being confined.
» Tom spent his birthday in solitary confinement.
Tom verbrachte seinen Geburtstag in Einzelhaft.
Том провёл день рождения в одиночной камере.
Meaning
3 senses(countable, uncountable)The act of confining or the state of being confined.
заключе́ниеzaključénije, заточениеzatočenije, ограниче́ниеograničénije
ув'язненняuvʺjaznennja
the state of being confined
(countable, dated, uncountable)Lying-in, time of giving birth.
ро́дыródy
(countable, uncountable)Lockdown
Examples
25 sentencesTom spent his birthday in solitary confinement.
ruТом провёл день рождения в одиночной камере.
deTom verbrachte seinen Geburtstag in Einzelhaft.
Tom is in solitary confinement.
I spent three years in confinement.
ruЯ провёл три года в заключении.
Elias was placed in solitary confinement.
He spent five years of confinement.
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 2
Origin
Borrowed from French confinement. By surface analysis, confine + -ment.Borrowed from French confinement. By surface analysis, confine + -ment.
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Forms
plural: confinements| Singular | confinement |
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Synonyms
8 synonyms- the act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary):restriction
- concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child:parturiencylaborlabourlying-intravailchildbed
Word family
14 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable