contain
/kənˈteɪn/ verb B1- To hold inside. · The brown box contains three stacks of books.· a spray bottle containing water.
- To include as a part. · Most of the meals they offer contain meat.
- To put constraints upon; to restrain; to confine; to keep within bounds. · I'm so excited, I can hardly contain myself!
- To have as an element or subset. · A group contains a unique inverse for each of its elements.· If that subgraph contains the vertex in question then it must be spanning.
He/she/it contains · Past contained · Past participle contained · -ing form containing
Verb forms
- Base form
- contain
- He/she/it
- contains
- Past
- contained
- Past participle
- contained
- -ing form
- containing
From the library
“Now, would anybody think that this room contained a happy, merry party, who desire nothing better than to laugh and dance the hours away?”
“Yes,” replied Darcy, who could contain himself no longer, “but _that_ was only when I first knew her; for it is many months since I have considered her as one of the handsomest women of my acquaintance.”
“I will read you the letter containing the accusation, at least,” said Villefort:
Franz read it twice before he could comprehend what it contained.
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