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1 confine
m borderfra terreni, fig boundary* * *confine s.m.1 border, frontier, boundary, confines (pl.): il confine fra l'Italia e l'Austria, the border (o frontier) between Italy and Austria; entro i confini della nostra patria, within the borders of our country; linea di confine, boundary line; palo di confine, boundary post; stazione di confine, frontier station; territorio di confine, borderland; segno di confine, boundary marker // (dir.): confine, ( tra fondi rustici) landmark; collocare i confini, to set out the boundary markers2 (fig.) limit, boundary; frontiers (pl.): i confini del sapere, the frontiers of knowledge; confine culturale, linguistico, cultural, linguistic boundary // oltrepassare i confini, to go beyond the limit // essere al confine tra la vita e la morte, to be on the border between life and death.* * *[kon'fine]sostantivo maschile1) border, boundary- i della città — city boundary o limits
il confine tra l'Italia e la Francia — Italy's border with France, the frontier between Italy and France
2) fig.senza -i — boundless, endless
•confine di stato — national boundary, state line
* * *confine/kon'fine/sostantivo m.1 border, boundary; - i della città city boundary o limits; il confine tra l'Italia e la Francia Italy's border with France, the frontier between Italy and France; zona di confine borderland; passare il confine to cross the border2 fig. senza -i boundless, endless; i -i del sapere the frontiers of knowledge; il confine tra il bene e il male the border(line) between good and evil; ai -i del mondo to the ends of the earthconfine di stato national boundary, state line. -
2 costringere vt irreg
[kos'trindʒere]costringere qn (a fare qc) — to force o compel sb (to do sth)
vedersi costretto a fare qc — to find o.s. forced o compelled to do sth
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3 costringere
vt irreg [kos'trindʒere]costringere qn (a fare qc) — to force o compel sb (to do sth)
vedersi costretto a fare qc — to find o.s. forced o compelled to do sth
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confines — con|fines [ˈkɔnfaınz US ˈka:n ] n [plural] [Date: 1400 1500; : French; Origin: confins, from Latin confine border , from com ( COM ) + finis end ] limits or borders within/beyond the confines of sth ▪ within the confines of the prison … Dictionary of contemporary English
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confines — noun (plural) limits or borders: within/beyond the confines of: within the confines of the prison … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
confines — UK [ˈkɒnfaɪnz] / US [ˈkɑnˌfaɪnz] noun [plural] 1) the borders or edges of a place They spent most of their time within the confines of the school. 2) the limits of something such as an activity or way of life You can t really discuss politics… … English dictionary
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