confinement — meaning in English
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English meaning
- confinement noun The state of being kept within a limited space, often against one's will.
- containment noun The act or state of keeping something within limits, or the thing that has been kept in check.
- lockdown noun A period in which people are required to stay in a confined place or area, usually for safety during an emergency.
Senses
confinement is used for these senses in English:
- confinement The act of confining or the state of being confined.
- containment (uncountable, countable) A policy of checking the expansion of a hostile foreign power by creating alliances with other states; especially the foreign policy strategy of the United States in the early years of the Cold War.
- lockdown The confinement of people in their own rooms (e.g., in a school) or cells (in a prison), or to their own homes or areas (e.g., in the case of a city- or nation-wide issue) as a security measure after or amid a disturbance or as a non-pharmaceutical intervention in a pandemic.
containment — full definition
- noun The act or state of keeping something within limits, or the thing that has been kept in check.
- noun (history/politics) A foreign policy strategy aimed at stopping a rival power from expanding its influence, notably US policy toward the Soviet Union during the Cold War.
- noun A protective structure built to stop dangerous or radioactive material from escaping, as in a nuclear plant.