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Definitions for Contained
[1] showing restraint or calmness; controlled; poised: She was contained throughout the ordeal.
[2] to hold or include within its volume or area: This glass contains water. This paddock contains our best horses.
[3] to be capable of holding; have capacity for: The room will contain 75 persons safely.
[4] to have as contents or constituent parts; comprise; include.
[5] to keep under proper control; restrain: He could not contain his amusement.
[6] to prevent or limit the expansion, influence, success, or advance of (a hostile nation, competitor, opposing force, natural disaster, etc.): to contain an epidemic.
[7] to succeed in preventing the spread of: efforts to contain water pollution.
[8] Mathematics . (of a number) to be a multiple of; be divisible by, without a remainder: Ten contains five.
[9] to be equal to: A quart contains two pints.
[10] to hold or be capable of holding or including within a fixed limit or area this contains five pints
[11] to keep (one's feelings, behaviour, etc) within bounds; restrain
[12] to consist of; comprise the book contains three different sections
[13] military to prevent (enemy forces) from operating beyond a certain level or area
[14] maths to be a multiple of, leaving no remainder 6 contains 2 and 3 to have as a subset
Words related to Contained
incorporate, accommodate, involve, enclose, have, encompass, stop, collect, curb, cool, seat, subsume, embrace, embody, comprehend, hold, comprise, hog-tie, compose, smother
Words nearby Contained
contagious granular conjunctivitis, contagious magic, contagious stomatitis, contagium, contain, contained, container, container car, container garden, containerboard, containerization
Origin of Contained
1250–1300; Middle English conte(y)nen < Anglo-French contener, Old French contenir < Latin continēre, equivalent to con- con- + tenēre to hold (see tenet)
Other words from Contained
con·tain·ed·ly [kuh n-tey -nid-lee] /kənˈteɪ nɪd li/ , adverb
sub·con·tained , adjective
un·con·tained , adjective
well-con·tained , adjective
con·tain·a·ble , adjective
pre·con·tain , verb (used with object)
un·con·tain·a·ble , adjective
Word origin for Contained
C13: from Old French contenir, from Latin continēre, from com- together + tenēre to hold
Synonyms for Contained
accommodate, consist of, enclose, encompass, have, incorporate, involve, comprehend, comprise, embody, embrace, hold, seat, subsume, be composed of, have capacity for, take in