How to Spell contain
contain
contain - verb
- To keep within limits: such as
- Check, halt
- To follow successfully a policy of containment toward
- To prevent (an enemy or opponent) from advancing or from making a successful attack
Source: Merriam-Webster Dictionary API
Etymology
Middle English conteynen, borrowed from Anglo-French cunteign-, cunteyn-, present tense stem of contenir, cuntenir, going back (with conjugation change) to Latin continēre "to hold together, restrain, have as contents," from con- con- + tenēre "to hold, occupy, possess"
Word family
container, containing, content
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