CONTAINING Synonyms: 121 Similar and Opposite Words

containing

verb

Definition of containing next

present participle of contain

as in holding

to have within the top drawer of the cabinet contains my stamp collection

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Relevance

as in including

to have as part of a whole the contract contains several new clauses

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as in comprising

to be made up of the recipe contains several parts

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as in composing

to gain emotional or mental control of could hardly contain herself when she heard that she had won the scholarship

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as in controlling

to keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression) frantic efforts to contain the spread of the disease

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Recent Examples of containing The rambling, low-slung building, containing 200 rooms, including 36 suites, is easy to get lost in. —

Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026 The findings, published in an April 21 study led by University of Florida geologist Amy Williams in the journal Nature, reveal that of the 21 carbon-containing molecules identified, seven were detected for the first time on Mars. —

Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2026 Threats to the ozone layer continue, from, for example, chlorine-containing molecules emitted by massive wildfires and aluminum oxide produced when satellites and other space objects burn up upon reentry into the atmosphere. —

Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 22 Apr. 2026 Individual object labels are kept minimal, containing only basic identification about each work, no commentary. —

Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026 Major networks passed on the stunt because the outcome was unpredictable, a decision that proved its folly when about 30 million viewers tuned in to see the opening, which revealed a mostly empty room containing only debris and a few empty bottles. —

Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 22 Apr. 2026 Last in the power chain are rack power distribution units, which pass electricity along to the GPU-containing servers themselves. —

Big Think, 22 Apr. 2026 Delawareans are being asked to keep an eye out for mysterious packages containing seeds delivered to their mailboxes. —

Tom Dougherty, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2026 OpenAI rolled out an update to ChatGPT’s image generation model on Tuesday that can reference web information, create multiple outputs at once, and deliver images containing non-Latin text. —

Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 22 Apr. 2026

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Verb

Former Canadiens captain Yvan Cournoyer entered the Bell Centre from that plaza holding a torch, walked it into the building and the arena bowl, setting off the Canadiens’ traditional playoff ritual of the ice catching fire, and the building roared.

— Arpon Basu, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2026
The top of his head drilled Bona’s chest, and the Celtics guard crumbled to the court, holding his neck.

— Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 25 Apr. 2026