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self-contained

  • /ˈsɛlf.kənˌteɪnd/ US, UK

adjective more self-contained · most self-contained

  1. Not requiring external or additional support; complete in itself. a self-contained apartment
  2. idiomatic Of a person, wrapped up in oneself; reserved.

verb

  1. participle, past simple past and past participle of self-contain

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verb not requiring external or additional support

日本語自給の jikyū no
中文設施齊全的 /设施齐全的 shèshī qíquán de, 獨立 /独立 dúlì, 自給 /自给 zìjǐ
Portuguêsindependente
Françaisautonome, indépendant
Deutschautark, autonom, selbstständig
Ελληνικάαυτόνομος aftónomos, αυτοτελής aftotelís, ανεξάρτητος anexártitos
Русскийавтоно́мный avtonómnyj, незави́симый nezavísimyj, самостоя́тельный samostojátelʹnyj
Tiếng Việtkhép kín

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@misc{self_contained_2026,
  title = {self-contained},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/self-contained},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}