Which option best defines confine?

• A. to limit or restrict
• B. to release from confinement
• C. to celebrate publicly
• D. to search secretly

Answer: (A)

Confine means to limit or restrict something or someone, keeping them within defined boundaries or preventing movement beyond a set area. The best match expresses that exact idea: to limit or restrict. You can use it for both physical and abstract limits—for example, confining a prisoner within walls or confining remarks to the topic at hand. The other options describe actions that are the opposite or unrelated—releasing from confinement, celebrating publicly, or searching secretly—so they don’t fit the meaning of confine.