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contained

/kənˈteɪnd/ UK, US
/kənˈtæɪnd/ Australia

Rhymes with -eɪnd, -æɪnd

adjective more contained · most contained

Restricted in space. The brush fire is now contained: if it doesn't jump the lines, it will burn itself out.

verb

participle, past simple past and past participle of contain This box contained rat poison, now it contains a dead rat.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: restrained, controlled, containment, contents, enclosed, confined, curbed, constrained, restricted, displayed, set, limited, circulated, put, leakproof, covered

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@misc{contained_2026,
  title = {contained},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/contained},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}