contains

verb

(transitive) To hold inside.

(transitive) To include as a part.

(transitive) To put constraints upon; to restrain; to confine; to keep within bounds.

(mathematics, of a set etc., transitive) To have as an element or subset.

(obsolete, intransitive) To restrain desire; to live in continence or chastity.

Roots

teneotain- · Latin · hold

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The word contains breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root tain-, from Latin teneo (“hold”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.