Contain
Word | CONTAIN |
Character | 7 |
Hyphenation | con tain |
Pronunciations | /kənˈteɪn/ |
Definitions and meanings of "Contain"
What do we mean by contain?
To have within; hold. transitive verb
To be capable of holding. transitive verb
To have as a component or constituent part; include. transitive verb
To hold or keep within limits; restrain. transitive verb
To halt the spread or development of; check. transitive verb
To check the expansion or influence of (a hostile power or ideology) by containment. transitive verb
To be exactly divisible by. transitive verb
To hold (a body of troops) in position, usually by deploying the containing force in its front and threatening an attack.
To hold within fixed limits; comprehend; comprise; include; hold.
To be capable of holding; have, as a vessel, an internal volume equal to: as, this vessel contains two gallons.
To comprise, as a writing; have as contents.
To hold in opinion; regard (with).
Reflexively, to conduct or deport (one's self); hence, to act; do.
To put restraint on; restrain; retain; withhold.
Reflexively, to keep within bounds; hold in; moderate.
In mathematics, to be divisible by, without a remainder.
To restrain or control desire, action, or emotion.
To exist; be held or included; be or remain.
To hold inside.
To include as a part.
To put constraint upon; to restrain; to confine; to keep within bounds.
(of a set etc.) To have as an element or subset.
To restrain desire; to live in continence or chastity.
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