circumscribed

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word circumscribed. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word circumscribed, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say circumscribed in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word circumscribed you have here. The definition of the word circumscribed will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofcircumscribed, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

English

Pronunciation

  • Audio (US):(file)

Verb

circumscribed

  1. simple past and past participle of circumscribe

Adjective

circumscribed (comparative more circumscribed, superlative most circumscribed)

  1. Limited narrowly; restricted.
    • 2013, John Rentoul, Tony Blair: Prime Minister, Faber & Faber, →ISBN:
      Blair brought out the febrile intensity of Stanhope, wiring himself into his ever more circumscribed troglodyte world, speculating moodily on the worm that went down when it thought it was coming up. Robert Philp thought Blair's ...

Derived terms