different between subdue vs contain
subdue
English
Etymology
From Middle English subdewen, subduen, sodewen, from Old French souduire, from Latin subd?c? (“to draw away”), perhaps influenced by subd? (“to subdue, subject”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /s?b?du/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /s?b?dju?/, /s?b?d?u?/, /s?b-/
- Rhymes: -u?
- Hyphenation: sub?due
Verb
subdue (third-person singular simple present subdues, present participle subduing, simple past and past participle subdued)
- To overcome, quieten, or bring under control.
- To bring (a country) under control by force.
Synonyms
- underbring
Related terms
Translations
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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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