contained

verbinclude, hold

verbhold back, control

Word Origin & History

late 13c., from Old French contein-, stem of contenir, from Latin continere (transitive) "to hold together, enclose," from com- "together" (see com-) + tenere "to hold" (see tenet). Related: Containable.

Example Sentences for contained

Six lines would have contained all that is in it to the purpose of my story.

All such information should, as I have said, be contained in the "history" of Scripture.

What warning is contained in the Conclusion of the Commandments?

The letter, hastening to its destination, had contained the stolen money.

The library was to remain absolutely untouched and what it contained was Linda's.

I was informed that it contained only two days' supplies for one brigade.

His own contained still about a pint, and this he poured into one of hers.

I—ha—I did so; and I found that it contained—ahem—two guineas.

It contained nothing but the sketch made upon the fly-leaf of a novel.

It contained also the envelope in which Mr. Galloway had enclosed the twenty-pound note.

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adjective. reserved

enclosed

adjective. placed within

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adjective. included without question, inherent, absolute

numbered

adjective. limited in number

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enclosed

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