VERB | contact | circumscribe | draw a line around |
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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 | |
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Rhymes | ascribe ... vibe: 15 rhymes with ayb... |
Meaning | Draw a line around. | |
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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". | |
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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. | |
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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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