Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - contain
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Contain
contain
~ v 1 to have something inside, or have something as a part (He opened the bag, which contained a razor, soap and a towel. | The letter contained important information about Boulestin's legal affairs.) 2 to keep a strong feeling or emotion under control (Jane couldn't contain her amusement a moment longer. | contain yourself (=keep your emotions under control)) (He was so excited he could hardly contain himself.) 3 to stop something from spreading or escaping (Doctors are struggling to contain the epidemic.) (- see also self-contained) 4 formal to surround an area or an angle (How big is the angle contained by these two sides?)
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(contains, containing, contained) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. If something such as a box, bag, room, or place contains things, those things are inside it. The bag contained a Christmas card... Factory shops contain a wide range of cheap furnishings... The 77,000-acre estate contains five of the highest peaks in Scotland. VERB: no cont, V n, V n, V n 2. If a substance contains something, that thing is a part of it. Many cars run on petrol which contains lead. VERB: no cont, V n 3. If writing, speech, or film contains particular information, ideas, or images, it includes them. This sheet contained a list of problems a patient might like to raise with the doctor... The two discs also contain two of Britten’s lesser-known song-cycles. VERB: no cont, V n, V n 4. If a group or organization contains a certain number of people, those are the people that are in it. The committee contains 11 Democrats and nine Republicans. VERB: no cont, V n 5. If you contain something, you control it and prevent it from spreading or increasing. More than a hundred firemen are still trying to contain the fire at the plant... VERB: V n 6. If you cannot contain a feeling such as excitement or anger, or if you cannot contain yourself, you cannot prevent yourself from showing your feelings. But he was bursting with curiosity, and one day he just couldn’t contain himself. ‘What are you going to do?’ he asked... Evans could barely contain his delight: ‘I’m so proud of her,’ he said. VERB: V pron-refl, V n 7. see also self-contained ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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verb Etymology: Middle English conteinen, from Anglo-French cunteign-, cuntyen-, stem of cuntenir, from Latin continere to hold together, hold in, ~, from com- + tenere to hold — more at thin Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to keep within limits: as a. restrain, control could hardly ~ her enthusiasm b. check, halt ~ the spread of a deadly disease c. to follow successfully a policy of ~ment toward efforts to ~ Communism d. to prevent (as an enemy or opponent) from advancing or from making a successful attack 2. a. to have within ; hold b. comprise, include the bill ~s several new clauses 3. a. to be divisible by usually without a remainder b. enclose, bound intransitive verb to restrain oneself • ~able adjective Synonyms: ~, hold, accommodate mean to have or be capable of having within. ~ implies the actual presence of a specified substance or quantity within something the can ~s a quart of oil. hold implies the capacity of ~ing or the usual or permanent function of ~ing or keeping the bookcase will hold all my textbooks. accommodate stresses holding without crowding or inconvenience the hall can accommodate 500 people. ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v.tr. 1 hold or be capable of holding within itself; include, comprise. 2 (of measures) consist of or be equal to (a gallon contains eight pints). 3 prevent (an enemy, difficulty, etc.) from moving or extending. 4 control or restrain (oneself, one's feelings, etc.). 5 (of a number) be divisible by (a factor) without a remainder. Derivatives containable adj. Etymology: ME f. OF contenir f. L continere content- (as com-, tenere hold) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1) вмещать, содержать (в себе) 2) удерживать 3) матем. делиться без остатка contain fission products — удерживать продукты деления ...Большой Англо-русский Русско-английский политехнический словарь
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1) вмещать, содержать в себе 2) ограничивать, сдерживать 3) матем. делиться без остатка ...Англо-русский Русско-английский научно-технический словарь
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гл. 1) вмещать, содержать в себе 2) сдерживать, приостанавливать - contain inflation Syn: include, hold, comprise ...Англо-русский Русско-английский экономический словарь
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1. содержать the book contains a great deal of useful information —- книга содержит множество полезных сведений these mountains contain valuable minerals —- в этих горах много ценных минералов 2. вмещать a gallon contains four quarts —- галлон равняется четырем квартам the hall cannot contain all the members of the club —- зал не может вместить всех членов клуба 3. сдерживать, подавлять to contain one's anger —- подавить гнев she couls hardly contain her eagerness —- она едва сдерживала свой пыл 4. сдерживаться he couldn't contain himself for joy —- он бурно выражал свою радость 5. удерживать, ограничивать the demand for free elections can be contained no longer —- движение за свободные выборы уже нельзя подавить has the cholera outbreak been contained? —- ликвидирована ли вспышка холеры? 6. мат. делиться без остатка 7. воен. сковывать, сдерживать Id: he cannot contain his wine —- он не умеет пить; от вина его развозит (тошнит и т. п.) ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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v. 1) содержать в себе, вмещать 2) сдерживать contain your anger - укроти свой гнев - contain the enemy 3) refl. сдерживаться he could not contain himself for joy - он не мог сдержать себя от радости 4) math. делиться без остатка Syn: see circumscribe CONTAIN the enemy сдерживать противника ...Англо-русский словарь
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- 13c., from O.Fr. contenir, from L. continere (transitive) "to hold together, enclose," from com- "together" + tenere "to hold." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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