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- pronunciation:
- suhr
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skraIb
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
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transitive verb |
| inflections: |
circumscribes, circumscribing, circumscribed |
| definition 1: |
to draw a line around.
- similar words:
- circle, delineate, outline, surround
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| definition 2: |
to keep within bounds; confine; restrict.
Our freedom is circumscribed by laws.- synonyms:
- bound, confine, limit, restrict
- antonyms:
- dilate
- similar words:
- bind, bridle, constrain, curb, narrow, restrain, stay, surround, trammel
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| definition 3: |
to determine, mark, or specify the limits of; delimit; define.
- synonyms:
- bound, define, delimit, demarcate
- similar words:
- determine, limit, mark, stake
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| related words: |
encircle, qualify, ring, sphere, terminate |
adverb + (v.)circumscribe
carefully, clearly, effectively, extremely, highly, narrowly, relatively, rigidly, severely, sharply, somewhat, strictly, thus, tightly, typically, under
(v.)circumscribe
+ adverb
largely, naturally, precisely
(v.)circumscribe
+ noun
ability, boundary, capacity, condition, context, convention, democracy, jurisdiction, limit, role, scope, sphere, territory, tradition, truth, tumor
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| derivations: |
circumscribable (adj.), circumscription (n.) |
The word circumscribe
contains the following parts:
circu-, circum-
Latin
prefix
that means around
  Example words:
circular, circulate, circulation, circumambient, circumcise, circumference, circumflex, circumfluent, circumfuse, circumlocution, circumlunar, circumnavigate, circumpolar, circumscribe, circumsolar, circumspect, circumstance, circumterrestrial, circumvallate, circumvent, circus
scrib, script
Latin
root
that means to write
Example words:
ascribe, ascription, circumscribe, conscript, conscription, describe, description, descriptive, escritoire, imprescriptible, indescribable, inscribe, inscription, manuscript, nondescript, oversubscribe, postscript, prescribe, prescript, prescriptible, prescription, prescriptive, proscribe, proscription, rescript, scribal, scribble, scribbler, scribe1, scrip, script, scriptorium, scriptural, Scripture, scriptwriter, scrivener, subscribe, subscript, subscription, superscribe, superscript, transcribe, transcript, transcriptase, typescript
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