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Contain
//kənˈteɪn//
Synonyms for "contain" (253 found)
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Closest matches (51)
Strong matches (76)
choke offclapcloseclose inclose upcollectcome tocompasscompletecomposecomprehendconditionconfineconstrainconstrictcontractcoolcool offcoopcoop in
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coop upcopyrightcordoncordon offcorralcountcount incovercurbcurtaildeceleratedisciplinedomptdraw the lineembedembodyembraceencircleencompassenfoldenjoinenshrineentailenvisagefastenfence infillfill infill outfoldfold upgaolgovernguardhavehedgehedge abouthedge inhem inhinderhold at bayhold backhold fasthold inhold in checkhold in leashhold uphousehouse in
Related words (126)
imbedimplicateimplyimpoundimprisonincarcerateincliningincludeinhibitinternalizeinvolvejailkeepkeep backkeep fromkeep inkeep in checkkeep under controlkeep withinkennel
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keylatchlay under restraintlead toleaguerlimitlocklock outlock uplodgemewmew upmoderatemount up tonarrownumbernumber amongoccludeoccupypadlockpatentpenpen inplumbpocketpossesspresumepresupposeprohibitpullpull input inqualifyquarantinerail inreceivereckon amongreckon inreckon up toreckon withregisterreinrein inrepressrequirerestrainrestrictretainretardretrenchrun intorun toscantsealseal offseal upseatsecureset backshrineshutshut inshut the doorshut upslamslow downsnapsnubspecializesqueeze shutstablestiflestintstraitenstranglesubsumesuppresssurroundtaketake intake into accounttake into considerationtake uptot up tototaltote uptote up tounitizewall inwithholdwrapyardyard upzip upzipper
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5 entriesSynonyms
6 entriesRelated terms
5 entriesderived
5 entrieshas context
2 entriesmanner of
1 entriesrelated to
42 entriesShowing 16 of 42 words.
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6 entriesTranslations
81 translations across 35 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- χανδάνω verb (hold inside)
Arabic
4 entries- اِحْتَوَى verb (hold inside)
- اِحْتَوَى verb (include as a part)
- اِحْتَوَى verb (limit through restraint)
- تَضَمَّنَ verb (hold inside)
Bulgarian
4 entries- въздържам verb (limit through restraint)
- побирам verb (hold inside)
- сдържам verb (limit through restraint)
- съдържам verb (include as a part)
Catalan
3 entries- contenir verb (hold inside)
- contenir verb (include as a part)
- contenir verb (limit through restraint)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 包含 verb (hold inside)
- 含 verb (hold inside)
- 含有 verb (hold inside)
Czech
1 entries- obsahovat verb (hold inside)
Danish
1 entries- indeholde verb (hold inside)
Dutch
2 entries- bevatten verb (hold inside)
- inhouden verb (hold inside)
Esperanto
1 entries- enhavi verb (hold inside)
Finnish
4 entries- estää leviämästä verb (hold inside)
- hillitä verb (hold inside)
- hillitä verb (limit through restraint)
- käsittää verb (include as a part)
French
3 entries- contenir verb (hold inside)
- contenir verb (include as a part)
- contenir verb (limit through restraint)
Galician
1 entries- conter verb (hold inside)
German
4 entries- beinhalten verb (include as a part)
- eingrenzen verb (limit through restraint)
- enthalten verb (hold inside)
- enthalten verb (include as a part)
Greek
2 entries- περιέχω verb (hold inside)
- περιέχω verb (include as a part)
Hebrew
2 entries- הכיל verb (hold inside)
- כלל verb (include as a part)
Icelandic
1 entries- innihalda verb (hold inside)
Ido
1 entries- kontenar verb (hold inside)
Indonesian
2 entries- kandung verb (hold inside)
- mengandung verb (hold inside)
Italian
3 entries- contenere verb (hold inside)
- contenere verb (include as a part)
- contenere verb (limit through restraint)
Japanese
1 entries- 含む verb (hold inside)
Latin
1 entries- teneo verb (hold inside)
Māori
1 entries- roki verb (hold inside)
Norman
3 entries- cont'nîn verb (hold inside)
- cont'nîn verb (include as a part)
- cont'nîn verb (limit through restraint)
Occitan
1 entries- conténer verb (hold inside)
Persian
1 entries- دربرداشتن verb (hold inside)
Polish
2 entries- zawierać verb (hold inside)
- zawierać verb (include as a part)
Portuguese
3 entries- conter verb (hold inside)
- conter verb (include as a part)
- conter verb (limit through restraint)
Romanian
2 entries- conține verb (hold inside)
- conține verb (include as a part)
Russian
4 entries- вмеща́ть verb (hold inside)
- сде́рживать verb (limit through restraint)
- сдержа́ть verb (limit through restraint)
- содержа́ть verb (hold inside)
Slovene
4 entries- obvladati verb (limit through restraint)
- obvladovati verb (limit through restraint)
- vključevati verb (include as a part)
- vsebovati verb (hold inside)
Spanish
4 entries- contener verb (hold inside)
- contener verb (include as a part)
- contener verb (limit through restraint)
- dominar verb (limit through restraint)
Swedish
2 entries- innehålla verb (hold inside)
- innehålla verb (include as a part)
Ukrainian
1 entries- вміща́ти verb (hold inside)
West-Frisian
2 entries- befetsje verb (hold inside)
- ynhâlde verb (hold inside)
Yiddish
1 entries- כּולל זײַן verb (include as a part)
Sample sentences
23 total sentences available.
This room is too small to contain 50 men.
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Oranges contain a lot of vitamin C.
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Acid acts on things which contain metal.
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