contain

Meaning

1. To hold inside.
2. To include as a part.
3. To put constraints upon; to restrain; to confine; to keep within bounds.
4. To have as an element or subset.
5. (obsolete) To restrain desire; to live in continence or chastity.

Synonyms

hold

include

comprise

accommodate

involve

embrace

restrain

check

carry

have

enclose

bear

🐻

control

keep

take in

consist of

confine

curb

cover

comprehend

embody

circumscribe

hold back

stop

🛑

reduce

restrict

arrest

hold in

house

🏠

store

incorporate

catch

turn back

limit

localize

moderate

take

seat

💺

inclusion

encompass

capture

shut in

enter

snare

admit

trap

🪤

be of the opinion

comprize

inhibit

intercept

keep down

keep in

keep to oneself

letter

load

localise

lure

magnanimous

maintain

minimize

obtund

place

quarantine

recipience

recipiency

refer

rein

repress

retain

rule

scant

sink

squelch

stay

stem

stifle

stint

straiten

subsume

suppress

sustain

to

with

withhold

be full of

equivalent to

keep in check

rein in

restrain oneself

scotch

police

👮

be capable for holding

have a capacity for

take f hold

back-folding

expression

inhold

part

abridge

and

apply

armor

bate

be able to

be composed of

be left over

bottle up

break

chasten

choke off

clip

close

comprehension

compress

conceive

concentrate

constrict

contained

containment

contents

correspondence

countenance

covered

cramp

crash

crib

cut down

damp

delimit

digest

dominate

envelop

fall into

fit

forbear

get stuck

govern

halt

harness

hem

hide

hinder

implicate

imply

Hyphenated as

con‧tain

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kənˈteɪn/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: -

In summary

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”).

Sentences

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