Meaning

1 senses

  1. (reflexive)To exercise restraint in the expression one's emotions

    I'm so excited, I can hardly contain myself!

Translations

1 languages

Forms

contains oneself, containing oneself, contained oneself, contained oneself
Base formcontain oneself · to contain oneself
3rd person singularcontains oneself
Present participlecontaining oneself
Past simplecontained oneself
Past participlecontained oneself

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycontain oneself
he, she, itcontains oneself

Past simpleLesson

all personscontained oneself

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave contained oneself
he, she, ithas contained oneself

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill contain oneself

Synonyms

1 synonyms
help oneself

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
contactlesscontagionC2contagiouscontainB1containerA2containmentcontaminantcontaminateB2
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