CONTAINED Synonyms: 180 Similar and Opposite Words

contained 1 of 2

adjective

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as in composed

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contained

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verb

past tense of contain

as in held

to have within the top drawer of the cabinet contains my stamp collection

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as in included

to have as part of a whole the contract contains several new clauses

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as in comprised

to be made up of the recipe contains several parts

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as in calmed

to gain emotional or mental control of could hardly contain herself when she heard that she had won the scholarship

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as in controlled

to keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression) frantic efforts to contain the spread of the disease

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The protests that break out in towns and villages often involve workers, farmers or other locals aggrieved by job losses, land disputes, pollution or other issues that usually remain contained. —

Amy Chang Chien, New York Times, 27 Nov. 2022 Rules about gaseous liquids in space requires, among other things, all pressure to remain contained in the bottle. —

Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 28 Sep. 2022 Though debt service costs remain contained for now, rising borrowing costs for indebted governments threatened the eurozone with a breakup in the early part of the last decade. —

Christopher Rugaber, Fortune, 15 June 2022 See all Example Sentences for contained

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