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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024con•tained (kən tānd′),USA pronunciation adj. - showing restraint or calmness; controlled;
poised:She was contained throughout the ordeal.
- late Middle English conteynyd. See contain, -ed2 1400–50
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024con•tain /kənˈteɪn/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object]- [not: be + ~-ing] to hold or include within its volume or area: This glass contains water.
- to have as contents or parts;
include:[not: be + ~-ing]That food contains some dangerous chemicals. - to be capable of holding;
have capacity for:[not: be + ~-ing]The bottle contained only a quart. - [not: be + ~-ing] to be equal to: A quart contains two pints.
- to keep under proper control;
restrain: He could not contain his amusement. - to prevent or hold back the advance, spread, or influence of: worked night and day to contain the epidemic.
con•tain•a•ble, adj. See -tain-.
contain, hold, and accommodate express the idea that something is designed in such a way that something else can exist or be placed within it. contain refers to what is actually within a certain container. hold emphasizes the idea of keeping something within bounds; it refers also to the greatest amount or number that can be kept within a given container. accommodate means to contain comfortably or conveniently, or to meet the needs of a certain number. A plane that accommodates fifty passengers may be able to hold sixty, but at a given time may contain only thirty.See -tain-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024con•tain (kən tān′),USA pronunciation v.t. - 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 have as contents or constituent parts;
comprise;
include. - 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.
- [Math.](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.
- Latin continēre, equivalent. to con- con- + tenēre to hold (see tenet)
- Anglo-French contener, Old French contenir
- Middle English conte(y)nen 1250–1300
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged Contain, accommodate, hold, express the idea that something is so designed that something else can exist or be placed within it. Contain refers to what is actually within a given container. Hold emphasizes the idea of keeping within bounds; it refers also to the greatest amount or number that can be kept within a given container. Accommodate means to contain comfortably or conveniently, or to meet the needs of a certain number. A passenger plane that accommodates 50 passengers may be able to hold 60, but at a given time may contain only 30.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged embody, embrace.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: contain /kənˈteɪn/ vb (transitive)- 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
- to prevent (enemy forces) from operating beyond a certain level or area
- to be a multiple of, leaving no remainder: 6 contains 2 and 3
- to have as a subset
Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French contenir, from Latin continēre, from com- together + tenēre to holdconˈtainable adj |