circumscribes
Sets bounds on
Circumscribes means draws a boundary around or limits the scope of something.
Laws circumscribe behavior; tradition circumscribes choice.
Her duties were tightly circumscribed by company policy.
In geometry, to circumscribe is to draw a figure around another so that they touch at as many points as possible: a circle circumscribed around a triangle.
limits
Imposed maximum points
- constrainsLimits or confines
- confinesEnclosed boundaries or limits
- boundsEdges or leaps
restricts · contains · encloses · delimits · demarcates · curtails · narrows · hems in · boxes in · walls in
- enclosesencloses, surrounds, encircles, encompasses, contains
- localizespinpoints, identifies, situates, positions, places