circumscribed

Thân thiện

The park's activities are circumscribed by a tall fence.

Definition

Adjective 1. Limited, restricted, or confined within boundaries: Describes something that has clear limits placed upon it, often in terms of scope, area, or extent. 2. (Geometry) Enclosed by a circle that touches all vertices or sides: Describes a geometric figure (like a triangle) that is drawn inside a circle such that the circle touches all its vertices (circumscribed circle).

Usage Examples

• The patient's activities were circumscribed by the doctor's strict orders. (The patient's activities were limited by the doctor's rules.)
• The study's focus was deliberately circumscribed to urban populations. (The study's focus was intentionally restricted to city dwellers.)
• In the diagram, find the area of the circumscribed square. (In the diagram, find the area of the square that has a circle drawn around it, touching all four corners.)
• Her world had become painfully circumscribed after the accident. (Her world had become sadly confined to a small area after the accident.)

Advanced Usage

• "Circumscribed authority/powers": Authority that is explicitly limited by rules or a higher authority.
  • The committee has circumscribed powers; it cannot approve the budget alone.
• "Circumscribed lesion" (Medical term): A well-defined, localized area of diseased tissue.
  • The MRI showed a small, circumscribed lesion on the liver.

Variants and Related Words

• Circumscribe (verb): To restrict or limit; to draw a line around.
  • Laws circumscribe what citizens can do.
  • The archaeologist circumscribed the dig site with rope.
• Circumscription (noun): The act of circumscribing or the state of being circumscribed; a limitation or restriction.
  • The circumscription of the king's power was a key goal of the parliament.

Synonyms

• Limited
• Restricted
• Confined
• Bounded
• Delimited

Antonyms

• Unlimited
• Unrestricted
• Boundless
• Infinite

Related Phrases/Idioms

• "To draw/pull in one's horns": (Idiom) To become more cautious or limit one's activities, similar to becoming more circumscribed.
  • After the failed investment, he drew in his horns and spent less.
• "Within the four walls of": (Phrase) Confined to a specific place, implying a circumscribed environment.
  • His entire life was lived within the four walls of his small village.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. subject to limits or subjected to limits

Từ đồng nghĩa

• limited