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contain
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Word definitions for contain in dictionaries
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bag contains sth ▪ Lisa was carrying the bag containing the beach towels. a collection consists of/contains sth ▪ The collection consists of some 500 items. a compound contains sth ▪ This compound contains two atoms ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Contain \Con*tain"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Contained ; p. pr. & vb. n. Containing .] [OE. contenen, conteinen, F. contenir, fr. L. continere, -tentum; con- + tenere to hold. See Tenable , and cf. Countenance .] To hold within fixed limits; to comprise; to ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 13c., from Old French contein- , stem of contenir , from Latin continere (transitive) "to hold together, enclose," from com- "together" (see com- ) + tenere "to hold" (see tenet ). Related: Containable .
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. (lb en transitive) To hold inside.
Usage examples of contain.
On the other hand, given the facts of a situation containing elements of duress, in other words of various pressures from family, friends and the community which a minor finds himself unable to resist, he has in effect been given a choice of evils by the defendant, and while his conduct may indicate his consent, the facts in the situation may persuade us otherwise.
And Captain Abernethy and George the Greek bore into the cabin a third oblong box, exactly similar in appearance to the box of Reginald Maltravers and the box which contained the evidence against Logan Black, and set it on the floor.
It contained some of the ablest and most influential men in the two Houses of Congress, representing different parts of the country.
Christ, which body, although not informed by those accidents, is yet contained under them.
The acetonitrile solution containing mixed anhydride is added to 150 ml.
The southwest corner of Anshan contains the Persian highlands, whose clan leader was Cyrus the Achaemenid, hereditary lord of Anshan.
He removed it from a layer of black sand and gravel that also contained stone implements of the Acheulean type.
There is a cortical map that contains a map of neurons activated by the occurrence of regular beats of fixed tempos.
There is a cortical map that contains a map of neurons activated by the lengths of the durations between beats occurring within a rhythm.
LATE IN THE DAY, August 5, Adams received a dispatch from Pickering containing a letter from Talleyrand dated May 12, assuring that the American envoys would be received with all appropriate respect.
Anything stood a little apart and watched in silence as they passed a field containing dead adaptor toys like himself.
New England who will not tell you how Agassiz used to lock a student up in a room full of turtle-shells, or lobster-shells, or oyster-shells, without a book or a word to help him, and not let him out till he had discovered all the truths which the objects contained.
JTTF agents and detectives to contain the cell surrounding a blind old man: Egyptian cleric Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman.
The Commonwealth might not have been warned that the barrier is down, and the aliens it contained do not appear to be friendly.
It contained matching nested picnic boxes lacquered in black with an allover design of golden cartwheels in a golden stream.