"self-contained" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈsɛlf.kənˌteɪnd/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Forms: more self-contained [comparative], most self-contained [superlative]
Etymology: From self- + contained. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|self|contained}} self- + contained Head templates: {{en-adj}} self-contained (comparative more self-contained, superlative most self-contained)
  1. Not requiring external or additional support; complete in itself.
    Sense id: en-self-contained-en-adj-nxk8vK2X Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 87 6 7 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 84 9 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 83 8 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 88 7 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 71 20 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 71 20 10 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 68 18 13 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 73 17 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 68 15 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 69 16 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 78 12 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 70 14 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 71 18 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 82 10 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 76 14 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 70 18 12
  2. (of a person) Wrapped up in oneself; reserved.
    Sense id: en-self-contained-en-adj-2cMXkcMG

Verb

IPA: /ˈsɛlf.kənˌteɪnd/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation]
Etymology: From self- + contained. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|self|contained}} self- + contained Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} self-contained
  1. simple past and past participle of self-contain Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: self-contain Hypernyms: contained Translations (not requiring external or additional support): самостоятелен (samostojatelen) (Bulgarian), автономен (avtonomen) (Bulgarian), 設施齊全的 (Chinese Mandarin), 设施齐全的 (shèshī qíquán de) (Chinese Mandarin), 獨立 (Chinese Mandarin), 独立 (dúlì) (Chinese Mandarin), 自給 (Chinese Mandarin), 自给 (zìjǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), omavarainen (Finnish), autonome (French), indépendant (French), autark (German), autonom (German), selbstständig (German), αυτόνομος (aftónomos) (Greek), αυτοτελής (aftotelís) (Greek), ανεξάρτητος (anexártitos) (Greek), önálló (Hungarian), 自給の (jikyū no) (alt: じきゅうの) (Japanese), independente (Portuguese), автоно́мный (avtonómnyj) (Russian), незави́симый (nezavísimyj) (Russian), самостоя́тельный (samostojátelʹnyj) (Russian), autónomo (Spanish), independiente (Spanish), autárquico (Spanish), khép kín (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-self-contained-en-verb-Pmg9~et8 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with self- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with self-: 24 17 59
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "not requiring external or additional support",
      "word": "önálló"
    },
    {
      "alt": "じきゅうの",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "jikyū no",
      "sense": "not requiring external or additional support",
      "word": "自給の"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "not requiring external or additional support",
      "word": "independente"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "avtonómnyj",
      "sense": "not requiring external or additional support",
      "word": "автоно́мный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nezavísimyj",
      "sense": "not requiring external or additional support",
      "word": "незави́симый"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "samostojátelʹnyj",
      "sense": "not requiring external or additional support",
      "word": "самостоя́тельный"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "not requiring external or additional support",
      "word": "autónomo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "not requiring external or additional support",
      "word": "independiente"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "not requiring external or additional support",
      "word": "autárquico"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "not requiring external or additional support",
      "word": "khép kín"
    }
  ],
  "word": "self-contained"
}

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