contained
Definition
- Adjective:
- Enclosed or held within limits: Existing or functioning within defined boundaries or a specific area.
- Restrained or kept under control: Prevented from spreading, expanding, or escalating; managed effectively.
Examples of Usage
- Adjective:
- The fire was quickly contained to the kitchen. (The fire was prevented from spreading beyond the kitchen.)
- Her excitement was barely contained as she waited for the news. (Her excitement was held back or restrained with difficulty.)
- The laboratory samples must be contained in a secure biohazard unit. (The samples must be enclosed within a secure unit.)
Advanced Usage
- "self-contained": Complete in itself; independent and not requiring external support or resources.
- The apartment is a self-contained unit with its own kitchen and bathroom.
- Used in technical or formal contexts to describe systems, emotions, or physical phenomena that are limited in scope.
- The outbreak was successfully contained by the health authorities.
Variants and Related Words
- Contain (verb): To hold or include within; to keep under control.
- This box can contain all the books.
- Container (noun): An object used for holding something.
- She placed the food in a plastic container.
- Containment (noun): The action of keeping something under control or within limits.
- The policy focused on the containment of the disease.
Synonyms
- Confined: Kept within certain limits.
- Restricted: Limited in extent or scope.
- Restrained: Held back or kept under control.
- Enclosed: Surrounded or closed in on all sides.
Related Phrases
- "to be contained within": To exist or be located inside something else.
- The answers are contained within the text of the document.
- "to keep something contained": To actively prevent something from spreading.
- Our priority is to keep the leak contained.
Related Idioms
- "Bottled up" (idiom, similar in meaning for emotions): Emotions that are suppressed and not expressed.
- After the argument, he felt a lot of bottled-up anger. (This illustrates a state similar to contained emotions.)
Adjective
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gotten under control
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the oil spill is contained
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