contain

Other forms of contain

past tense

contained·

present participle

containing·

third person

contains·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about contain

What does contain mean?

contain means "include or contain; have as a component". That is the primary sense; the word has 6 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in contain?

contain has 2 syllables: con-tain. The stress falls on "tain". In IPA it is /kənˈteɪn/.

What is another word for contain?

Close synonyms include incorporate, comprise, hold, bear, carry. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is contain a common word?

contain is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with contain?

10 words rhyme with contain. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.