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English verb: circumscribe | |||
| 1. | circumscribe (contact) draw a line around | ||
| Samples | He drew a circle around the points. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | delineate, describe, draw, line, trace | ||
| Verb group | circumscribe | ||
| 2. | circumscribe (change) restrict or confine, | ||
| Samples | I limit you to two visits to the pub a day. | ||
| Synonyms | confine, limit | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | decrease, lessen, minify | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | cap, content, curb, curtail, cut back, delimit, delimitate, demarcate, hold down, keep down, number, ration, restrict | ||
| 3. | circumscribe (contact) to draw a geometric figure around another figure so that the two are in contact but do not intersect | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | delineate, describe, draw, line, trace | ||
| Verb group | circumscribe | ||
| Domain category | geometry | ||
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