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contain
[ kuhn-teyn ]
verb (used with object)
- to hold or include within its volume or area:
This glass contains water.
This paddock contains our best horses.
- to be capable of holding; have capacity for:
The room will contain 75 persons safely.
- to keep under proper control; restrain:
He could not contain his amusement.
- to prevent or limit the expansion, influence, success, or advance of (a hostile nation, competitor, opposing force, natural disaster, etc.):
to contain an epidemic.
- to succeed in preventing the spread of:
efforts to contain water pollution.
- Mathematics. (of a number) to be a multiple of; be divisible by, without a remainder:
Ten contains five.
- to be equal to:
A quart contains two pints.
contain
/ kənˈteɪn /
verb
- to hold or be capable of holding or including within a fixed limit or area
this contains five pints
- to keep (one's feelings, behaviour, etc) within bounds; restrain
- to consist of; comprise
the book contains three different sections
- military to prevent (enemy forces) from operating beyond a certain level or area
- maths
- to be a multiple of, leaving no remainder
6 contains 2 and 3
- to have as a subset
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Derived Forms
- conˈtainable, adjective
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Other Words From
- con·taina·ble adjective
- precon·tain verb (used with object)
- uncon·taina·ble adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of contain1
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Example Sentences
The sequels will contain anything from the Expanded Universe.
Canned drinks like Mercy contain up 5,000 percent of the daily value of certain vitamins.
They sacrifice their shelter to contain the walkers—and Judith gets her first action scene!
Green plants in pre-flowering stages may contain significant protein but not fat.
And while the stories may contain caveats, the initial headlines certainly did not.
Selections for practice should be chosen which contain much variety of thought and feeling and are smooth in movement.
Since this is a law of vibration, it is unscientific to speak of giving an overtone, for all tones contain overtones.
The apocryphal gospels contain many, and some are preserved by Persian and Arabian poets.
These globular masses usually contain many tubercle bacilli.
(a) Epithelial casts contain epithelial cells from the renal tubules.
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