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eingrenzen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • circumscribe verb To draw a line around; to encircle.
  • contain verb To hold something inside, or to have something as one of its parts.
  • determine verb To find out or establish something for certain, usually by investigation.
  • restrain verb To hold back or keep someone or something under control.

Senses

eingrenzen is used for these senses in English:

  • circumscribe To limit narrowly; to restrict.
  • contain (transitive) To put constraints upon; to restrain; to confine; to keep within bounds.
  • delimit (transitive, literal, figurative) To mark or fix the limits of.
  • determine To fix the form or character of; to shape; to prescribe imperatively; to regulate; to settle.
  • restrain (transitive) To restrict or limit.

circumscribe — full definition

  1. verb To draw a line around; to encircle.
  2. verb To limit narrowly; to restrict.
  3. verb To draw the smallest circle or higher-dimensional sphere that has (a polyhedron, polygon, etc.) in its interior.

contain — full definition

  1. verb To hold something inside, or to have something as one of its parts.
  2. verb To keep something under control so it does not spread or get worse.

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