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contain
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1. Have or hold (someone or something) within.
So all of our information is contained within our IT systems.
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2. Be made up of (a number of things)
It contains a number of anti-cancer herbs.
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3. (of a number) be divisible by (a factor) without a remainder.
Let F u (u >) be the smallest Fibonacci number containing the prime p.
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4. Control or restrain (oneself or a feeling)
She shouted at him, barely containing herself.
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5. Prevent (a severe problem) from spreading or intensifying.
the government has already taken steps to contain the disease
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Origin
1. Middle English from Old French contenir, from Latin continere, from con- ‘altogether’ + tenere ‘to hold’.
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