Definitions for contained
kənˈteɪndcon·tained

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1. contained(adj)

   gotten under control

   "the oil spill is contained"

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1. contained(Adjective)

   Restricted in space.

   The brush fire is now contained, if it doesn't jump the lines it will burn itself out.

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1. Contained

   of Contain

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'contained' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2078

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'contained' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4669

How to pronounce contained?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

How to say contained in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of contained in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of contained in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of contained in a Sentence

1. Police Inspector General Joseph Boinnet:

   Bomb experts from the Navy and DCI (Directorate of Criminal Investigations) have retrieved the device and are determining whether the components contained explosives.

2. John Poister:

   The situation is under control and contained.

3. Shane Fitzsimmons:

   We expect rainfall to continue to fall across a lot of these firegrounds and that will result in a number of those being declared contained and hopefully we will be confident we won't see new ignitions from anywhere in those firegrounds.

4. Eugenia Zakrevska:

   I call on Mr. Manafort to clarify the allegations contained in the text messages and to contact us with any information he may have on those events.

5. Lindsey Graham:

   My advice would be to follow medical advice to contain the virus, if we can take some pressure off the economy, fine, but my primary focus is to make sure the virus is contained and defeated. And we're just going to have to suffer through the economic consequences.

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