Definitions for contain

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contain con·tain

Spelling: [kuh n-teyn]

IPA: /kənˈteɪn/

Contain is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 161 anagrams from letters in contain (acinnot).

Definitions for contain

verb (used with object)

1. to hold or include within its volume or area:
2. to be capable of holding; have capacity for:
3. to have as contents or constituent parts; comprise; include.
4. to keep under proper control; restrain:
5. to prevent or limit the expansion, influence, success, or advance of (a hostile nation, competitor, opposing force, natural disaster, etc.):
6. to succeed in preventing the spread of:
7. Mathematics. (of a number) to be a multiple of; be divisible by, without a remainder:
8. to be equal to:

Origin of contain

1250-1300; Middle English conte(y)nen Anglo-French contener, Old French contenir Latin continēre, equivalent to con- con- + tenēre to hold (see t

Examples for contain

They are very sour and do not contain sugar in any quantity.

On such an occasion, a month after the wedding, she could not contain herself.

Commit it then to the flames: for it can contain nothing but sophistry and illusion.

With better tools we will proceed to dig into these mounds and discover what they contain.

And while the stories may contain caveats, the initial headlines certainly did not.

The sequels will contain anything from the Expanded Universe.

They sacrifice their shelter to contain the walkers—and Judith gets her first action scene!

A band should definitely go to the health-care workers and soldiers who are working to contain Ebola.

Green plants in pre-flowering stages may contain significant protein but not fat.

Another characteristic is the large number of articles which they contain.