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Verb [English]

IPA: /kənˈteɪn/ Audio: en-ca-contain.ogg Forms: contains [present, singular, third-person], containing [participle, present], contained [participle, past], contained [past]
enPR: kən-tānʹ Rhymes: -eɪn Etymology: From Middle English, borrowed from Old French contenir, from Latin continēre (“to hold or keep together, comprise, contain”), combined form of con- (“together”) + teneō (“to hold”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ten-}}, {{inh|en|enm|-}} Middle English, {{der|en|fro|contenir}} Old French contenir, {{der|en|la|continēre||to hold or keep together, comprise, contain}} Latin continēre (“to hold or keep together, comprise, contain”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} contain (third-person singular simple present contains, present participle containing, simple past and past participle contained)
  1. (transitive) To hold inside. Tags: transitive Synonyms (hold inside): enclose, inhold Translations (hold inside): χανδάνω (khandánō) (Ancient Greek), اِحْتَوَى (iḥtawā) (Arabic), تَضَمَّنَ (taḍammana) (Arabic), побирам (pobiram) (Bulgarian), contenir (Catalan), 包含 (bāohán) (Chinese Mandarin), 含有 (hányǒu) (Chinese Mandarin), (hán) (Chinese Mandarin), obsahovat (Czech), indeholde (Danish), inhouden (Dutch), bevatten (Dutch), enhavi (Esperanto), rajoittaa (Finnish), rajata (Finnish), hillitä (Finnish), estää leviämästä (Finnish), contenir (French), conter (Galician), enthalten (German), הכיל (heikhíl) (Hebrew), innihalda (Icelandic), kontenar (Ido), contenere (Italian), 含む (fukumu) (alt: ふくむ) (Japanese), teneo (Latin), cont'nîn (Norman), conténer (Occitan), دربرداشتن (darbardāštan) (Persian), zawierać (Polish), conter (Portuguese), conține (Romanian), содержа́ть (soderžátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), вмеща́ть (vmeščátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), vsebovati (Slovene), contener (Spanish), innehålla (Swedish), вміща́ти (vmiščáty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), befetsje (West Frisian), ynhâlde (West Frisian)
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  2. (transitive) To include as a part. Tags: transitive Synonyms (include as part): comprise, embody, incorporate, inhold Translations (include as a part): اِحْتَوَى (iḥtawā) (Arabic), съдържам (sǎdǎržam) (Bulgarian), contenir (Catalan), sisältää (Finnish), käsittää (Finnish), contenir (French), enthalten (German), beinhalten (German), כלל (kalál) (Hebrew), contenere (Italian), cont'nîn (Norman), zawierać (Polish), conter (Portuguese), conține (Romanian), содержа́ть (soderžátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), vsebovati (Slovene), vključevati (Slovene), contener (Spanish), innehålla (Swedish), כּולל זײַן (koylel zayn) (Yiddish)
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  3. (transitive) To put constraints upon; to restrain; to confine; to keep within bounds. Tags: transitive Synonyms (limit by restraint): control Translations (limit through restraint): اِحْتَوَى (iḥtawā) (Arabic), сдържам (sdǎržam) (Bulgarian), въздържам (vǎzdǎržam) (Bulgarian), contenir (Catalan), hillitä (Finnish), contenir (French), eingrenzen (German), contenere (Italian), cont'nîn (Norman), conter (Portuguese), сде́рживать (sdérživatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), сдержа́ть (sderžátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), obvladovati [imperfective] (Slovene), obvladati [perfective] (Slovene), contener (Spanish), dominar (Spanish)
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  4. (mathematics, of a set etc., transitive) To have as an element or subset. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Mathematics
    Sense id: en-contain-en-verb-HJrtzZj- Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 30 33 20 7 Topics: mathematics, sciences
  5. (obsolete, intransitive) To restrain desire; to live in continence or chastity. Tags: intransitive, obsolete
    Sense id: en-contain-en-verb-krtvueFX
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: curb, repress, restrain, restrict, stifle Derived forms: containee, contain multitudes, contain oneself, melanopsin-containing retinal ganglion cell, self-contain Related terms: container, containable, containment, content, continence

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          "text": "The brown box contains three stacks of books.",
          "type": "example"
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        {
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          "text": "At half-past nine on this Saturday evening, the parlour of the Salutation Inn, High Holborn, contained most of its customary visitors. […] In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for its own select circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2013 July 20, “Welcome to the plastisphere”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845:",
          "text": "[The researchers] noticed many of their pieces of [plastic marine] debris sported surface pits around two microns across. Such pits are about the size of a bacterial cell. Closer examination showed that some of these pits did, indeed, contain bacteria,[…].",
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        {
          "text": "Most of the meals they offer contain meat.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2014 April 21, “Subtle effects”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8884:",
          "text": "Manganism has been known about since the 19th century, when miners exposed to ores containing manganese, a silvery metal, began to totter, slur their speech and behave like someone inebriated.",
          "type": "quote"
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        "(transitive) To include as a part."
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        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
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        {
          "text": "I'm so excited, I can hardly contain myself!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act INDUCTION, scene i]:",
          "text": "Fear not, my lord: we can contain ourselves.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1596 (date written; published 1633), Edmund Spenser, A Vewe of the Present State of Irelande […], Dublin: […] Societie of Stationers, […], →OCLC; republished as A View of the State of Ireland […] (Ancient Irish Histories), Dublin: […] Society of Stationers, […] Hibernia Press, […] [b]y John Morrison, 1809, →OCLC:",
          "text": "[The king's] only Person is oftentimes instead of an Army, to contain the unruly People from a thousand evil Occasions.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1892, Walter Besant, “Prologue: Who is Edmund Gray?”, in The Ivory Gate […], New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC, page 16:",
          "text": "Athelstan Arundel walked home all the way, foaming and raging. No omnibus, cab, or conveyance ever built could contain a young man in such a rage. His mother lived at Pembridge Square, which is four good measured miles from Lincoln's Inn.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1988, Lee Mavers, “There She Goes”, in Sixpence None the Richer, performed by Sixpence None the Richer, published 1997:",
          "text": "There she goes / There she goes again / Racing through my brain / And I just can't contain / This feeling that remains",
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        "(transitive) To put constraints upon; to restrain; to confine; to keep within bounds."
      ],
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        "transitive"
      ]
    },
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          "text": "A group contains a unique inverse for each of its elements.",
          "type": "example"
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          "text": "If that subgraph contains the vertex in question then it must be spanning.",
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        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Bible Corinthians/#8 1 Corinthians:8–9:",
          "text": "But if they cannot contain, let them marry.",
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        "(obsolete, intransitive) To restrain desire; to live in continence or chastity."
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      "enpr": "kən-tānʹ"
    },
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      "ipa": "/kənˈteɪn/"
    },
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    {
      "sense": "hold inside",
      "word": "enclose"
    },
    {
      "sense": "hold inside",
      "word": "inhold"
    },
    {
      "sense": "include as part",
      "word": "comprise"
    },
    {
      "sense": "include as part",
      "word": "embody"
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    {
      "sense": "include as part",
      "word": "incorporate"
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    {
      "sense": "include as part",
      "word": "inhold"
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    {
      "sense": "limit by restraint",
      "word": "control"
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    {
      "word": "curb"
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    {
      "word": "repress"
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    {
      "word": "restrain"
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    {
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      "word": "stifle"
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "iḥtawā",
      "sense": "hold inside",
      "word": "اِحْتَوَى"
    },
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "taḍammana",
      "sense": "hold inside",
      "word": "تَضَمَّنَ"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pobiram",
      "sense": "hold inside",
      "word": "побирам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "hold inside",
      "word": "contenir"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bāohán",
      "sense": "hold inside",
      "word": "包含"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "hányǒu",
      "sense": "hold inside",
      "word": "含有"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "hán",
      "sense": "hold inside",
      "word": "含"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "hold inside",
      "word": "obsahovat"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "hold inside",
      "word": "indeholde"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "hold inside",
      "word": "inhouden"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "hold inside",
      "word": "bevatten"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "hold inside",
      "word": "enhavi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "hold inside",
      "word": "rajoittaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "hold inside",
      "word": "rajata"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "hold inside",
      "word": "hillitä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "hold inside",
      "word": "estää leviämästä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "hold inside",
      "word": "contenir"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "hold inside",
      "word": "conter"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "hold inside",
      "word": "enthalten"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "khandánō",
      "sense": "hold inside",
      "word": "χανδάνω"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "heikhíl",
      "sense": "hold inside",
      "word": "הכיל"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "hold inside",
      "word": "innihalda"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "hold inside",
      "word": "kontenar"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "hold inside",
      "word": "contenere"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ふくむ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "fukumu",
      "sense": "hold inside",
      "word": "含む"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "hold inside",
      "word": "teneo"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "hold inside",
      "word": "cont'nîn"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "hold inside",
      "word": "conténer"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "darbardāštan",
      "sense": "hold inside",
      "word": "دربرداشتن"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "hold inside",
      "word": "zawierać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "hold inside",
      "word": "conter"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "hold inside",
      "word": "conține"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "soderžátʹ",
      "sense": "hold inside",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "содержа́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vmeščátʹ",
      "sense": "hold inside",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "вмеща́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "hold inside",
      "word": "vsebovati"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "hold inside",
      "word": "contener"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "hold inside",
      "word": "innehålla"
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    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vmiščáty",
      "sense": "hold inside",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "вміща́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "fy",
      "lang": "West Frisian",
      "sense": "hold inside",
      "word": "befetsje"
    },
    {
      "code": "fy",
      "lang": "West Frisian",
      "sense": "hold inside",
      "word": "ynhâlde"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "iḥtawā",
      "sense": "include as a part",
      "word": "اِحْتَوَى"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "sǎdǎržam",
      "sense": "include as a part",
      "word": "съдържам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "include as a part",
      "word": "contenir"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "include as a part",
      "word": "sisältää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "include as a part",
      "word": "käsittää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "include as a part",
      "word": "contenir"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "include as a part",
      "word": "enthalten"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "include as a part",
      "word": "beinhalten"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "kalál",
      "sense": "include as a part",
      "word": "כלל"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "include as a part",
      "word": "contenere"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "include as a part",
      "word": "cont'nîn"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "include as a part",
      "word": "zawierać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "include as a part",
      "word": "conter"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "include as a part",
      "word": "conține"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "soderžátʹ",
      "sense": "include as a part",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "содержа́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "include as a part",
      "word": "vsebovati"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "include as a part",
      "word": "vključevati"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "include as a part",
      "word": "contener"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "include as a part",
      "word": "innehålla"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "koylel zayn",
      "sense": "include as a part",
      "word": "כּולל זײַן"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "iḥtawā",
      "sense": "limit through restraint",
      "word": "اِحْتَوَى"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "sdǎržam",
      "sense": "limit through restraint",
      "word": "сдържам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "vǎzdǎržam",
      "sense": "limit through restraint",
      "word": "въздържам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "limit through restraint",
      "word": "contenir"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "limit through restraint",
      "word": "hillitä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "limit through restraint",
      "word": "contenir"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "limit through restraint",
      "word": "eingrenzen"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "limit through restraint",
      "word": "contenere"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "limit through restraint",
      "word": "cont'nîn"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "limit through restraint",
      "word": "conter"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sdérživatʹ",
      "sense": "limit through restraint",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "сде́рживать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sderžátʹ",
      "sense": "limit through restraint",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "сдержа́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "limit through restraint",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "obvladovati"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "limit through restraint",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "obvladati"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "limit through restraint",
      "word": "contener"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "limit through restraint",
      "word": "dominar"
    }
  ],
  "word": "contain"
}

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  "msg": "possible sense number in translation item: Finnish: sisältää (fi) (1)",
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  "section": "English",
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  "title": "contain",
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