confinement

US: /kənˈfaɪnmənt/
UK: /kənfˈa‍ɪnmənt/


English Vietnamese dictionary


confinement /kən'fainmənt/
  • danh từ
    • sự giam, sự giam hãm
      • to be placed in confinement: bị giam
      • close (solitary) confinement: sự giam riêng, sự giam xà lim
    • sự hạn chế
    • sự ở cữ, sự đẻ
      • to be in confinement: ở cữ, đẻ

Advanced English dictionary


+ noun
1 [U] the state of being forced to stay in a closed space, prison, etc., the act of putting sb there: her confinement to a wheelchair + years of confinement as a political prisoner
See also - SOLITARY CONFINEMENT
2 [U, C] (formal or old-fashioned) the time when a woman gives birth to a baby: the expected date of confinement + a hospital / home confinement

Collocation dictionary


ADJ.

close
The animals are kept in close confinement.
| solitary

VERB + CONFINEMENT

be held in, be kept in | be placed in, be put in

PREP.

in ~
He spent eleven years in solitary confinement.
| ~ to
their confinement to army barracks


Concise English dictionary


confinements-mənt
noun
+concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of labor to the birth of a child
+the act of restraining of a person's liberty by confining them
+the state of being confined