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contain

/kənˈteɪn/

An illustration for contain

verb

to hold something inside something else

  • “The text above contains no accurate facts on the matter.”Tatoeba
  • “This segment of the audio contains too much background noise.”Tatoeba

Sentences from Tatoeba show real usage. A word can have several meanings, so a sentence may use another one.

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Source: New General Service List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)

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