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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Contain \Con*tain"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Contained; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Containing.] [OE. contenen, conteinen, F. contenir,
     fr. L. continere, -tentum; con- + tenere to hold. See
     Tenable, and cf. Countenance.]
     1. To hold within fixed limits; to comprise; to include; to
        inclose; to hold.
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              Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens can not
              contain thee; how much less this house! --2 Chron.
                                                    vi. 18.
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              When that this body did contain a spirit. --Shak.
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              What thy stores contain bring forth.  --Milton.
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     2. To have capacity for; to be able to hold; to hold; to be
        equivalent to; as, a bushel contains four pecks.
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     3. To put constraint upon; to restrain; to confine; to keep
        within bounds. [Obs., exept as used reflexively.]
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              The king's person contains the unruly people from
              evil occasions.                       --Spenser.
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              Fear not, my lord: we can contain ourselves. --Shak.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Contain \Con*tain"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Contained; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Containing.] [OE. contenen, conteinen, F. contenir,
     fr. L. continere, -tentum; con- + tenere to hold. See
     Tenable, and cf. Countenance.]
     1. To hold within fixed limits; to comprise; to include; to
        inclose; to hold.
  
              Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens can not
              contain thee; how much less this house! --2 Chron.
                                                    vi. 18.
  
              When that this body did contain a spirit. --Shak.
  
              What thy stores contain bring forth.  --Milton.
  
     2. To have capacity for; to be able to hold; to hold; to be
        equivalent to; as, a bushel contains four pecks.
  
     3. To put constraint upon; to restrain; to confine; to keep
        within bounds. [Obs., exept as used reflexively.]
  
              The king's person contains the unruly people from
              evil occasions.                       --Spenser.
  
              Fear not, my lord: we can contain ourselves. --Shak.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  containing
     n.
     (lb en in the plural) contents
     vb.
     (present participle of en contain nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  containing
     n.
     (lb en in the plural) contents
     vb.
     (present participle of en contain nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  containing
     n.
     (lb en in the plural) contents
     vb.
     (present participle of en contain nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  containing
     n.
     (lb en in the plural) contents
     vb.
     (present participle of en contain nocat=1)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  containing
     Englanti a.
     sisältävä
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm c ontain ing)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  containing
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en contain ordform=prespart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb contain)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Containing /kəntˈeɪnɪŋ/
  الإحتواء

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  containing /kəntˈeɪnɪŋ/ 
  obsahující

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  containing /kəntˈeɪnɪŋ/
  aufnehmend
   see: contain, contained
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  containing /kəntˈeɪnɪŋ/
  beherrschend, zügelnd
   see: contain, contained
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  containing /kəntˈeɪnɪŋ/
  enthaltend, beinhaltend
        "a sample containing water"  - eine mit Wasser versetzte Probe
   see: contain sth., contained, he/she/it contains, contained in, … contains useful information
  

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  containing /kəntˈeɪnɪŋ/
  
  που περιέχει

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  containing /kəntˈeɪnɪŋ/
  sadrže, sadrži

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/kənˈteɪnɪŋ/

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     包含,包括

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