contain meaning
EN
[kənˈteɪn] [-eɪn] 
CA - VerbSGcontainsPRcontainingPT, PPcontainedPREcon-SUF-ain
- (transitive) To hold inside.
- (transitive) To include as a part.
- Manganism has been known about since the 19th century, when miners exposed to ores containing manganese, a silvery metal, began to totter, slur their speech and behave like someone inebriated.
- (transitive) To put constraint upon; to restrain; to confine; to keep within bounds.
- I'm so excited, I can hardly contain myself!
- (mathematics, of a set etc., transitive) To have as an element.
- A group contains a unique inverse for each of its elements.
- If that subgraph contains the vertex in question then it must be spanning.
- (obsolete, intransitive) To restrain desire; to live in continence or chastity.
- (transitive) To hold inside.
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- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- This is a multi-faceted problem containing many sub-problems.
- A group contains a unique inverse for each of its elements.
- In rice lines containing the dominant (susceptibility) allele of the gene, the expression of the nodulin homolog is up regulated upon infection with Xoo .
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- Some climbed the masts to unrig her, others rushed into the hold to get out the cargo, and numbers hurried to the cabin to carry off the lighter articles which it contained.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of contain in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Verbs
- Intransitive verbs
- Transitive verbs
- Intransitive verbs
- Verbs
- en contained
- en containing
- en contains
- en container
- fr container
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "contain" is a verb, more specifically, an intransitive verb and a transitive verb.