Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to contain
Participle: contained
Gerund: containing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | contain |
| you | contain |
| he;she;it | contains |
| we | contain |
| you | contain |
| they | contain |
Perfect
| I | have contained |
| you | have contained |
| he;she;it | has contained |
| we | have contained |
| you | have contained |
| they | have contained |
Past
| I | contained |
| you | contained |
| he;she;it | contained |
| we | contained |
| you | contained |
| they | contained |
Pluperfect
| I | had contained |
| you | had contained |
| he;she;it | had contained |
| we | had contained |
| you | had contained |
| they | had contained |
Future
| I | will contain |
| you | will contain |
| he;she;it | will contain |
| we | will contain |
| you | will contain |
| they | will contain |
Future Perfect
| I | will have contained |
| you | will have contained |
| he;she;it | will have contained |
| we | will have contained |
| you | will have contained |
| they | will have contained |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | contain |
| you | contain |
| he;she;it | contain |
| we | contain |
| you | contain |
| they | contain |
Perfect
| I | have contained |
| you | have contained |
| he;she;it | have contained |
| we | have contained |
| you | have contained |
| they | have contained |
Imperfect
| I | contained |
| you | contained |
| he;she;it | contained |
| we | contained |
| you | contained |
| they | contained |
Pluperfect
| I | had contained |
| you | had contained |
| he;she;it | had contained |
| we | had contained |
| you | had contained |
| they | had contained |
Conditional
Present
| I | would contain |
| you | would contain |
| he;she;it | would contain |
| we | would contain |
| you | would contain |
| they | would contain |
Perfect
| I | would have contained |
| you | would have contained |
| he;she;it | would have contained |
| we | would have contained |
| you | would have contained |
| they | would have contained |
Imperative
| you | contain |
| we | Let's contain |
| you | contain |
Verbs conjugated like 'contain'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'contain'
costain,
captain,
conjoin,
consarn,
constrain,
contact,
contemn,
curtain,
fountain,
obtain,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- limit by restraint
- curb
- to keep under control
- behedge, bind, chasten, check, cork, curb, curtail, dampen, hamshackle, limit, repress, restrain, restrict, shackle, stay, stifle, stop, straiten, suppress, throttle, withhold, withstrain
- hold
- accommodate, receive, embody, have, carry, seat
- comprise
- involve, include, embrace, comprehend
- restrain
- hold, suppress, stop, stifle, check, harness
Antonyms
- hold
- drop, desert, forego, forsake
- comprise
- lack, want, exclude
- restrain
- release, unbind, loosen
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1290, from O.Fr.
contenir, from L.
continere (transitive) "to hold together, enclose," from
com- "together" +
tenere "to hold" (see tenet).
Containment as a foreign policy strategy is from 1947.
2. 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”). See: Old French '
contenir'.
Verbs referencing "contain"
Ido kontenar, Spanish
contener.
Sample Sentences
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[...] enclosure, called the Common. The site is beautiful: and from the top there is a charming panoramic view of the whole town and neighbourhood. In addition to a variety of commodious offices, it contains two handsome chambers; in one the House of Representatives of the State hold their meetings: in the other, the Senate. Such proceedings as I saw here, were conducted with perfect gravity and [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] offenders in the world. There is also a very well-ordered State prison, arranged upon the same plan as that at Boston, except that here, there is always a sentry on the wall with a loaded gun. It contained at that time about two hundred prisoners. A spot was shown me in the sleeping ward, where a watchman was murdered some years since in the dead of night, in a desperate attempt to escape, made by a [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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The Patent Office at Washington, furnishes an extraordinary example of American enterprise and ingenuity; for the immense number of models it contains are the accumulated inventions of only five years; the whole of the previous collection having been destroyed by fire. The elegant structure in which they are arranged is one of design rather than [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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The other case, was that of a man who once went to a certain distiller 's and stole a copper measure containing a quantity of liquor. He was pursued and taken with the property in his possession, and was sentenced to two years ’ imprisonment. On coming out of the jail, at the expiration of that term, he [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] in his possession, and was sentenced to two years ’ imprisonment. On coming out of the jail, at the expiration of that term, he went back to the same distiller 's, and stole the same copper measure containing the same quantity of liquor. There was not the slightest reason to suppose that the man wished to return to prison: indeed everything, but the commission of the offence, made directly against that [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] and population, perhaps it may be. It certainly has a great quantity of smoke hanging about it, and is famous for its iron-works. Besides the prison to which I have already referred, this town contains a pretty arsenal and other institutions. It is very beautifully situated on the Alleghany River, over which there are two bridges; and the villas of the wealthier citizens sprinkled about the high [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] courteous, and agreeable. The inhabitants of Cincinnati are proud of their city as one of the most interesting in America: and with good reason: for beautiful and thriving as it is now, and containing, as it does, a population of fifty thousand souls, but two-and-fifty years have passed away since the ground on which it stands (bought at that time for a few dollars ) was a wild wood, and its [...]
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We encamped near a solitary log-house, for the sake of its water, and dined upon the plain. The baskets contained roast fowls, buffalo 's tongue (an exquisite dainty, by the way ), ham, bread, cheese, and butter; biscuits, champagne, sherry; lemons and sugar for punch; and abundance of rough ice. The meal was [...]
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“ It's handy for most anything, Missis, ” said Dinah. So it appeared to be. From the variety it contained, Miss Ophelia pulled out first a fine damask table-cloth stained with blood, having evidently been used to envelop some raw meat.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] a poignard, in the abdomen. From the Bee (New Orleans ) of yesterday, we learn the following particulars. It appears that an article was published in the French side of the paper on Monday last, containing some strictures on the Artillery Battalion for firing their guns on Sunday morning, in answer to those from the Ontario and Woodbury, and thereby much alarm was caused to the families of those [...]
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