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contain
English
Etymology
From Middle English, borrowed from Old French contenir, from Latin continere (“to hold or keep together, comprise, contain”), combined form of con- (“together”) + tene? (“to hold”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: k?n-t?n?, IPA(key): /k?n?te?n/
- Rhymes: -e?n
- Hyphenation: con?tain
Verb
contain (third-person singular simple present contains, present participle containing, simple past and past participle contained)
- (transitive) To hold inside.
- (transitive) To include as a part.
- (transitive) To put constraint upon; to restrain; to confine; to keep within bounds.
- [The king's] only Person is oftentimes instead of an Army, to contain the unruly People from a thousand evil Occasions.
- (mathematics, of a set etc., transitive) To have as an element or subset.
- (obsolete, intransitive) To restrain desire; to live in continence or chastity.
- But if they cannot contain, let them marry.
Synonyms
- (hold inside): enclose, inhold
- (include as part): comprise, embody, incorporate, inhold
- (limit by restraint): control, curb, repress, restrain, restrict, stifle; See also Thesaurus:curb
Antonyms
- (include as part): exclude, omit
- (limit by restraint): release, vent
Usage notes
- This is generally a stative verb that rarely takes the continuous inflection. See Category:English stative verbs
Related terms
- container
- containable
- containment
- content
- continence
Translations
Further reading
- contain in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- contain in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- contain at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- actinon, cantion
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imagine
English
Etymology
From Middle English ymagynen, from Middle French imaginer, from Latin im?ginor, from im?ginem, the accusative singular of im?g? (“a copy, likeness, image”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??mæd?.?n/
- Hyphenation: imag?ine
Verb
imagine (third-person singular simple present imagines, present participle imagining, simple past and past participle imagined)
- (transitive) To form a mental image of something; to envision or create something in one's mind.
- (transitive) To believe in something created by one's own mind.
- (transitive) to assume
- (transitive) to conjecture or guess
- (intransitive) to use one's imagination
- (transitive, obsolete) To contrive in purpose; to scheme; to devise.
Usage notes
- This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing). See Appendix:English catenative verbs
- This is generally a stative verb that rarely takes the continuous inflection. See Category:English stative verbs
Synonyms
- ween
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Noun
imagine (plural imagines)
- (fandom slang) A short fanfic or prompt placing a reader insert in a novel scenario with a character or celebrity.
- 2015, Laura Starling, "FFIC101: An Introduction to the Horrors of Fanfiction", Critic (University of Otago), 2 March 2015, page 21:
- Some imagines are more sexual and creepy than others: "Imagine Stiles walking in on you giving Scott a blowjob."
- 2016, Jocelyn Chambers, "The Exclusion Of People Of Color In Fanfiction", Majesty, December 2016, page 96:
- i personally like imagines and fanfics so i found a good amount of kylo ren x reader fics and started going through them.
- 2019, "thranduilsperkybutt", quoted in "Author Spotlight: thranduilsperkybutt", Lemon, February 2019, page 37:
- If I get inspired immediately, I can bust out an imagine in 5-10 minutes.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:imagine.
- 2015, Laura Starling, "FFIC101: An Introduction to the Horrors of Fanfiction", Critic (University of Otago), 2 March 2015, page 21:
French
Verb
imagine
- first-person singular present indicative of imaginer
- third-person singular present indicative of imaginer
- first-person singular present subjunctive of imaginer
- third-person singular present subjunctive of imaginer
- second-person singular imperative of imaginer
Latin
Noun
im?gine
- ablative singular of im?g?
Portuguese
Verb
imagine
- first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of imaginar
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of imaginar
- third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of imaginar
- third-person singular (você) negative imperative of imaginar
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin im?g?, im?ginem, French image.
Noun
imagine f (plural imagini)
- image
Declension
Related terms
- imagina
See also
- poz?
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ima?xine/, [i.ma?xi.ne]
Verb
imagine
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of imaginar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of imaginar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of imaginar.
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