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Synonyms for contained

Grammar : Verb
Spell : kuh n-teynd
Phonetic Transcription : kənˈteɪnd

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Définition of contained

Origin :
  • 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.
  • verb include, hold
  • verb hold back, control
Example sentences :
  • Six lines would have contained all that is in it to the purpose of my story.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • All such information should, as I have said, be contained in the "history" of Scripture.
  • Extract from : « A Theological-Political Treatise [Part II] » by Benedict of Spinoza
  • What warning is contained in the Conclusion of the Commandments?
  • Extract from : « An Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism » by Joseph Stump
  • The letter, hastening to its destination, had contained the stolen money.
  • Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
  • The library was to remain absolutely untouched and what it contained was Linda's.
  • Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
  • I was informed that it contained only two days' supplies for one brigade.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill
  • His own contained still about a pint, and this he poured into one of hers.
  • Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
  • I—ha—I did so; and I found that it contained—ahem—two guineas.
  • Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
  • It contained nothing but the sketch made upon the fly-leaf of a novel.
  • Extract from : « The Slave Of The Lamp » by Henry Seton Merriman
  • It contained also the envelope in which Mr. Galloway had enclosed the twenty-pound note.
  • Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood

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