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What (who) is Contain - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Contain; Contain (disambiguation); Containing; Contains
Contain
·vi To restrain desire; to live in continence or chastity.
III. Contain ·vt To have capacity for; to be able to hold; to Hold; to be equivalent to; as, a bushel contains four pecks.
contain
I. v. a.
1.
Comprehend, comprise, embrace, include, embody.
2.
Hold, have capacity for.
3.
Restrain, keep in check.
II. v. n.
Be continent, live in continence.
contain
(contains, containing, contained)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
If something such as a box, bag, room, or place contains things, those things are inside it.
The bag contained a Christmas card...
Factory shops contain a wide range of cheap furnishings...
The 77,000-acre estate contains five of the highest peaks in Scotland.
VERB: no cont, V n, V n, V n
2.
If a substance contains something, that thing is a part of it.
Many cars run on petrol which contains lead.
VERB: no cont, V n
3.
If writing, speech, or film contains particular information, ideas, or images, it includes them.
This sheet contained a list of problems a patient might like to raise with the doctor...
The two discs also contain two of Britten's lesser-known song-cycles.
VERB: no cont, V n, V n
4.
If a group or organization contains a certain number of people, those are the people that are in it.
The committee contains 11 Democrats and nine Republicans.
VERB: no cont, V n
5.
If you contain something, you control it and prevent it from spreading or increasing.
More than a hundred firemen are still trying to contain the fire at the plant...
VERB: V n
6.
If you cannot contain a feeling such as excitement or anger, or if you cannot contain yourself, you cannot prevent yourself from showing your feelings.
But he was bursting with curiosity, and one day he just couldn't contain himself. 'What are you going to do?' he asked...
Evans could barely contain his delight: 'I'm so proud of her,' he said.
VERB: V pron-refl, V n
7.
see also self-contained
Wikipedia
Containment (disambiguation)
Containment is a geopolitical strategy to stop the expansion of an enemy.
Containment may also refer to:
- Containment (computer programming), a form of object composition
- Containment (film), a 2015 British film
- Containment (TV series), a 2016 American series
- Containment building, a structure enclosing a nuclear reactor
- Containment, in set theory, another term for a subset
Examples of use of Contain
1. For example, beef mince must contain only beef, pork sausages must contain only pork, and lamb samosas must contain only lamb.
2. What is clear is that it will be harder to contain the sectarian struggle than to contain the insurgency.
3. While some contain steroids which thin the skin, others contain the poisonous chemical hydroquinone, banned in Britain in January 2001.
4. The packs will contain information such as title deeds and must also contain the new Energy Performance Certificate.
5. Almost all regular cosmetics contain petroleum byproducts.