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circumscribe
[ sur-kuhm-skrahyb, sur-kuhm-skrahyb ]
verb (used with object)
- to draw a line around; encircle:
to circumscribe a city on a map.
- to enclose within bounds; limit or confine, especially narrowly:
Her social activities are circumscribed by school regulations.
Synonyms: , , , ,
- to mark off; define; delimit:
to circumscribe the area of a science.
- Geometry.
- to draw (a figure) around another figure so as to touch as many points as possible.
- (of a figure) to enclose (another figure) in this manner.
circumscribe
/ ˌsɜːkəmˈskraɪb; ˈsɜːkəmˌskraɪb /
verb
- to restrict within limits
- to mark or set the bounds of
- to draw a geometric construction around (another construction) so that the two are in contact but do not intersect Compare inscribe
- to draw a line round
circumscribe
/ û′ə-ī′ /
- To draw a figure around another figure so as to touch as many points as possible. A circle that is circumscribed around a triangle touches it at each of the triangle's three vertices.
Derived Forms
- ˌܳˈ, noun
- ˌܳˈ, adjective
Other yvlog Forms
- cܳ·a· adjective
- cܳ·e noun
- ԴDz·cܳ· adjective
- ܲc·ܳ·a· adjective
- ܲ·cܳ· adjective
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of circumscribe1
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of circumscribe1
Example Sentences
Theo is born at an inopportune time for Jews, whose rights are increasingly circumscribed in the country.
In a place long circumscribed by disaster, Bass is facing a catastrophe with financial and logistical burdens that will likely dwarf the combined fallout from the 1994 Northridge earthquake and the 1992 civil unrest.
Project 2025, the conservative playbook organized by the Heritage Foundation, calls for the EPA’s structure and mission to be “greatly circumscribed.”
Perhaps anyone could guess as much, but what a layman might never know without Stanford’s book is that our busy roads severely circumscribe the territory cougars can roam, leading to isolation and inbreeding.
As befits a creation story, “Furiosa” tracks Furiosa from childhood to young adulthood, a downward spiral that takes her from freedom to captivity and, in time, circumscribed sovereignty.
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