| VERB | contact | circumscribe | draw a line around |
|---|---|---|---|
| change | circumscribe, limit, confine to | restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day" | |
| contact | circumscribe | to draw a geometric figure around another figure so that the two are in contact but do not intersect |
| Sounds | ser.kahmskray'b | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | ascribe ... vibe: 15 rhymes with ayb... | |
| Meaning | Draw a line around. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Broader | trace, draw, line, describe, delineate | make a mark or lines on a surface |
| Similar to | circumscribe | To draw a geometric figure around another figure so that the two are in contact but do not intersect |
| Spanish | circunscribir | |
| Nouns | circumscription | the act of circumscribing |
| Meaning | restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day". | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | limit, confine to | |
| Narrower | cap | restrict the number or amount of |
| hold down | restrain | |
| number, keep down | place a limit on the number of | |
| restrict, curtail, curb, cut back | place restrictions on | |
| Broader | decrease, lessen, minify | make smaller |
| Spanish | circunscribir, limitar | |
| Catalan | circumscriure, limitar | |
| Nouns | circumscription | the act of circumscribing |
| Meaning | To draw a geometric figure around another figure so that the two are in contact but do not intersect. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Category | geometry | The pure mathematics of points and lines and curves and surfaces |
| Broader | trace, draw, line, describe, delineate | make a mark or lines on a surface |
| Similar to | circumscribe | Draw a line around |
| Spanish | circunscribir | |
| Nouns | circumscription | the act of circumscribing |
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