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kənˈteɪndcon·tained

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. containedadjective

    gotten under control

    "the oil spill is contained"

Wiktionary

  1. containedadjective

    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

    Contained generally means being held or enclosed within something else. It refers to something that is kept under control or within limits, or an item or items that are included within a particular boundary, space, or category.

Webster Dictionary

  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

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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. Boris Johnson:

    Boris Johnson added that the incident has been contained to the best of Boris Johnson knowledge. To the best of our knowledge the incident has been contained.

  2. Loren:

    If there is Magic on this planet, it is contained in water.

  3. Willa Cather:

    She used to drag her mattress besider her low window and lie awake for a long while, vibrating with excitement, as a machine vibrates from speed. Life rushed in upon her through that window - or so it seemed. In reality, of course, life rushes from within, not from without. There is no work of art so big or so beautiful that is was not once all contained in some youthful body, like this one which lay on the floor in the moonlight, pulsing with ardor and anticipation.

  4. Henri Frdric Amiel:

    You desire to know the art of living, my friend It is contained in one phrase make use of suffering.

  5. Van Dam:

    Most notably, this record warmth is not contained to any specific part of the world. Meaning, we are all in this together, so far this year, record-breaking warmth has been observed in at least every continent and major ocean basin of our planet. This is something we cannot ignore.

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