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.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Contain

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The word "contain" in example sentences

Does the title contain one that isn't in my dictionary? ❋ Unknown (2009)

Some printings of this title contain both Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel Through the Looking-Glass, and, What Alice Found There. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Trans fats are formed during food processing when hydrogen is added to to make it solidify; foods that list so-called partially hydrogenated vegetable oil on the label contain trans fat.

The e-mails contain a code word to receive a discount, Whittington said. ❋ Unknown (2009)

What Night mainly wishes he could contain is pretty girls in bikinis. ❋ Unknown (2010)

We would prefer that the new name contain the word “sweets” in it, although that is not a steadfast criteria. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Deep ocean layers are supposed to stay cold, the amount of CO2 they contain is immense, not to mention billions of tons of a much more potent greenhouse gas, methane hydrate. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Me, too: hardcover series books about countries of the world, mammals of Asia, rocks and minerals of the fifty states, etc. still proliferate like crazy, even though the information they contain is available all over the digital place. ❋ Roger Sutton (2008)

His stories are our stories, and the wisdom (as well as the folly) they contain is ours, too. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The forested valley and its coastal plain contain a wide range of habitats with abundant and varied plant and wildlife. ❋ Unknown (2008)

All they contain is basic info that every American should know. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Her poems, written in English, contain resonant silences recalling her loss and the barbarism that continues to haunt twentieth-century politics. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Over half were published by university presses and carry hefty price tags, so they typically are spotted only in university libraries, but the info they contain is simply too fascinating to let molder on dusty shelves. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The containers are light, because the shielding they contain is minimal. ❋ Unknown (2006)

The word contain ANY of the letters in my tray. other letters allowed ❋ Jack Cough (2008)

Does the word contain ONLY the letters in my tray? ❋ Jack Cough (2008)

Does the word contain ANY of the letters in my tray? ❋ Jack Cough (2008)

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