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circumscribing

/ˈsɜː.kəm.skraɪ.bɪŋ/

/ˈsɜr.kəm.skraɪ.bɪŋ/

Translations

circumscribeverb

circumscribing

Gerund

circumscribed

Past Simple

circumscribed

Past Participle

circumscribing

Gerund

/ˈsɜː.kəm.skraɪb/

/ˈsɜr.kəm.skraɪb/

The new law will circumscribe the powers of the local government.

Новый закон будет ограничивать полномочия местного правительства.

Additional translations

Synonyms

circumscribeverb

To draw a line around; to encircle.

The artist circumscribed the area on the canvas where the main subject would be painted.

To limit or restrict something within boundaries.

The new regulations circumscribe the powers of the local government.

In geometry, to construct (a figure) around another so that every vertex of the inner figure lies on the boundary of the outer figure.

The engineer circumscribed a circle around the hexagon to determine its maximum diameter.