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Synonyms for containing

Grammar : Verb
Spell : kuhn-teyn
Phonetic Transcription : kənˈteɪn

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Définition of containing

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 :
  • I saw it as containing a principle that would work with me if I could work with it.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • We went into a large ward, containing some twenty or five-and-twenty beds.
  • Extract from : « The Uncommercial Traveller » by Charles Dickens
  • One containing a pound of meat may be cooked an hour and a quarter.
  • Extract from : « Culture and Cooking » by Catherine Owen
  • In the bottom are a number of compartments, all containing quicksilver.
  • Extract from : « Hittel on Gold Mines and Mining » by John S. Hittell
  • Peel and wash a pound of full grown potatoes, grate them on a bread grater into a deep dish, containing a quart of clear water.
  • Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton
  • This is quite a large genus, containing fifty-four American species.
  • Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard
  • If it be co-extensive with the one it will be co-equal with the one, or if containing the one it will be greater than the one?
  • Extract from : « Parmenides » by Plato
  • Space is said by Plato to be the 'containing vessel or nurse of generation.'
  • Extract from : « Timaeus » by Plato
  • He took up the one containing the mixture and regarded it hopefully.
  • Extract from : « Kent Knowles: Quahaug » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • Do you remember the letter you made me burn, the one containing all your secrets?
  • Extract from : « The Eternal City » by Hall Caine

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