contained

Thân thiện

The firefighters have contained the forest fire.

Definition

1. 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.)

Học thuật

Adjective

1. gotten under control
   • the oil spill is contained