"containment" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /kənˈteɪnmənt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-containment.wav [Southern-England] Forms: containments [plural]
Etymology: contain + -ment Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|contain|ment}} contain + -ment Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} containment (countable and uncountable, plural containments)
  1. (uncountable) The state of being contained. Tags: uncountable Translations (state of being contained): въздържане (vǎzdǎržane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), conteniment [masculine] (Catalan), contenció [feminine] (Catalan), rajoittuminen (Finnish), pidättyminen (Finnish), eristyminen (Finnish), confinement (French), contenimento (Italian), contenção (Portuguese), contenimiento [masculine] (Spanish), begränsning [common-gender] (Swedish), hejdande [neuter] (Swedish), inneslutning [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-containment-en-noun-x4Ji90tg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 1 1 35 34 5 Disambiguation of 'state of being contained': 61 13 5 12 7 1
  2. (uncountable, countable) The state of containing. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (state of containing): conteniment [masculine] (Catalan), contenció [feminine] (Catalan), inddæmning (Danish), piiramine (Estonian), rajoittaminen (Finnish), pidättäminen (Finnish), hillitseminen (Finnish), eristäminen (Finnish), confinement (French), Eindämmung [feminine] (German), contenimento (Italian), contenção [feminine] (Portuguese), contenimiento [masculine] (Spanish), sự chứa đựng (Vietnamese), sự bao hàm (Vietnamese), sự gồm có (Vietnamese), sự bao gồm (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-containment-en-noun-a~g1Vn3H Disambiguation of 'state of containing': 21 66 2 10 1 1
  3. (obsolete, uncountable, countable) Something contained. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable Translations (something contained): contingut [masculine] (Catalan)
    Sense id: en-containment-en-noun-UuAzDngA Disambiguation of 'something contained': 12 3 80 3 1 1
  4. (uncountable, countable) A policy of checking the expansion of a hostile foreign power by creating alliances with other states; especially the foreign policy strategy of the United States in the early years of the Cold War. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Cold War Translations (policy of checking the expansion of a hostile foreign power): сдържане (sdǎržane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), conteniment [masculine] (Catalan), contenció [feminine] (Catalan), inddæmningspolitik [common-gender] (Danish), patoamispolitiikka (Finnish), patoaminen (Finnish), Eindämmungspolitik [feminine] (German), сде́рживание (sdérživanije) [neuter] (Russian), contención [feminine] (Spanish), uppdämning [common-gender] (Swedish), uppdämningspolitik [common-gender] (Swedish), tillbakahållning [common-gender] (Swedish), tillbakahållningspolitik [common-gender] (Swedish), återhållning [common-gender] (Swedish), indämning [common-gender] (Swedish), indämningspolitik [common-gender] (Swedish), hejdande [neuter] (Swedish), стри́мування (strýmuvannja) [neuter] (Ukrainian), chính sách ngăn chặn (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-containment-en-noun-C1OisQNh Disambiguation of Cold War: 3 1 0 94 2 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ment Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 1 1 35 34 5 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ment: 23 4 5 38 25 5 Disambiguation of 'policy of checking the expansion of a hostile foreign power': 3 1 2 88 4 2
  5. (countable) A physical system designed to prevent the accidental release of radioactive or other dangerous materials from a nuclear reactor or industrial plant. Tags: countable Translations (physical system designed to prevent the accidental release of dangerous materials): conteniment [masculine] (Catalan), contenció [feminine] (Catalan), eristysjärjestelmä (Finnish), Sicherheitsumschließung [feminine] (German), Sicherheitsbehälter (english: vessel) [masculine] (German), contención [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-containment-en-noun-zb~Mkvgy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 1 1 35 34 5 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 21 1 2 27 43 7 Disambiguation of 'physical system designed to prevent the accidental release of dangerous materials': 9 1 0 11 75 5
  6. (countable, mathematics) An inclusion. Tags: countable Categories (topical): Mathematics Translations (mathematical inclusion): inclusió [feminine] (Catalan)
    Sense id: en-containment-en-noun-45F1TtBw Topics: mathematics, sciences Disambiguation of 'mathematical inclusion': 3 1 1 2 14 79
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: containment boom, containment line

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "state of being contained",
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "state of being contained",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "lang": "Finnish",
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      "lang": "Finnish",
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      "word": "confinement"
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      "sense": "state of being contained",
      "word": "contenimento"
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      "sense": "state of being contained",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "state of containing",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "state of containing",
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      "sense": "state of containing",
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      "sense": "state of containing",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "state of containing",
      "word": "contenimento"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "state of containing",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "state of containing",
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      "sense": "policy of checking the expansion of a hostile foreign power",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "policy of checking the expansion of a hostile foreign power",
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      "sense": "policy of checking the expansion of a hostile foreign power",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "policy of checking the expansion of a hostile foreign power",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "policy of checking the expansion of a hostile foreign power",
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "policy of checking the expansion of a hostile foreign power",
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      "sense": "policy of checking the expansion of a hostile foreign power",
      "tags": [
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      ],
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      "sense": "policy of checking the expansion of a hostile foreign power",
      "tags": [
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      ],
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    },
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      "sense": "policy of checking the expansion of a hostile foreign power",
      "tags": [
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      ],
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    },
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      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "policy of checking the expansion of a hostile foreign power",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
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    },
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "policy of checking the expansion of a hostile foreign power",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "policy of checking the expansion of a hostile foreign power",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
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    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "policy of checking the expansion of a hostile foreign power",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "tillbakahållningspolitik"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "policy of checking the expansion of a hostile foreign power",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "återhållning"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "policy of checking the expansion of a hostile foreign power",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "indämning"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "policy of checking the expansion of a hostile foreign power",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "indämningspolitik"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "policy of checking the expansion of a hostile foreign power",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "hejdande"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "strýmuvannja",
      "sense": "policy of checking the expansion of a hostile foreign power",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "стри́мування"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "policy of checking the expansion of a hostile foreign power",
      "word": "chính sách ngăn chặn"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "physical system designed to prevent the accidental release of dangerous materials",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "conteniment"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "physical system designed to prevent the accidental release of dangerous materials",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "word": "eristysjärjestelmä"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "physical system designed to prevent the accidental release of dangerous materials",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "Sicherheitsumschließung"
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      "code": "de",
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "physical system designed to prevent the accidental release of dangerous materials",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Sicherheitsbehälter"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "physical system designed to prevent the accidental release of dangerous materials",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "contención"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "mathematical inclusion",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "inclusió"
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}

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