Dictionary

containment en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /kənˈteɪnmənt/
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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *ten- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *tn̥eh₁yéti Proto-Italic *tenēō Latin teneō Latin contineōder. Latin continērelbor. Old French contenirbor. Middle English conteinen English contain Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English containment From contain + -ment.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) The state of being contained.
   • A new siding and turnback facility at Midleton will also be developed, along with new cable containment routes. 2024 September 18, “Network News: Cork twin-tracking set to begin”, in RAIL, number 1018, page 13:
2. (countable, uncountable) The state of containing.
3. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Something contained.
   • The containment of a rich man's estate. 1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI):
4. (countable, uncountable) A policy of checking the expansion of a hostile foreign power by creating alliances with other states; especially the foreign policy strategy of the United States in the early years of the Cold War.
   • Mr. Putin has reinvigorated an alliance that spent years confused about its purpose once it lost the adversary it was formed to contain, the Soviet Union. Now, containment is back. 2022 February 18, David E. Sanger, “The United States’ Message to Russia: Prove Us Wrong”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
5. (countable) A physical system designed to prevent the accidental release of radioactive or other dangerous materials from a nuclear reactor or industrial plant.
6. (countable) An inclusion.

Forms

Coordinates

détente · regime change · rollback

Deriveds

cat containment · containment line · nanocontainment · break containment · biocontainment · containment boom

Translations (59)

vi sự bao gồm (state of containing) · es contenimiento (state of containing) · ca contenció (state of being contained) · de Sicherheitsumschließung (physical system designed to prevent the accidental release of dangerous materials) · sv indämning (policy of checking the expansion of a hostile foreign power) · ca contenció (policy of checking the expansion of a hostile foreign power) · ru сде́рживание (policy of checking the expansion of a hostile foreign power) · de Sicherheitsbehälter (physical system designed to prevent the accidental release of dangerous materials) · de Eindämmung (state of containing) · fi eristyminen (state of being contained) · fi rajoittaminen (state of containing) · fr confinement (state of being contained) · es contenimiento (state of being contained) · sv återhållning (policy of checking the expansion of a hostile foreign power) · sv uppdämning (policy of checking the expansion of a hostile foreign power) · pt contenção (state of containing) · vi sự bao hàm (state of containing) · es contención (policy of checking the expansion of a hostile foreign power) · da inddæmning (state of containing) · bg сдържане (policy of checking the expansion of a hostile foreign power) · vi sự chứa đựng (state of containing) · fi eristysjärjestelmä (physical system designed to prevent the accidental release of dangerous materials) · cmn 遏制 (policy of checking the expansion of a hostile foreign power) · sv inneslutning (state of being contained) · de Eindämmungspolitik (policy of checking the expansion of a hostile foreign power) · fi patoaminen (policy of checking the expansion of a hostile foreign power) · fr confinement (state of containing) · ca conteniment (policy of checking the expansion of a hostile foreign power) · fi eristäminen (state of containing) · ca contenció (physical system designed to prevent the accidental release of dangerous materials) · sv tillbakahållning (policy of checking the expansion of a hostile foreign power) · ca contingut (something contained) · ca conteniment (physical system designed to prevent the accidental release of dangerous materials) · sv begränsning (state of being contained) · vi chính sách ngăn chặn (policy of checking the expansion of a hostile foreign power) · sv hejdande (state of being contained) · et piiramine (state of containing) · sv indämningspolitik (policy of checking the expansion of a hostile foreign power) · vi sự gồm có (state of containing) · uk стри́мування (policy of checking the expansion of a hostile foreign power) · sv hejdande (policy of checking the expansion of a hostile foreign power) · sv uppdämningspolitik (policy of checking the expansion of a hostile foreign power) · fi patoamispolitiikka (policy of checking the expansion of a hostile foreign power) · ca contenció (state of containing) · fi pidättyminen (state of being contained) · sv tillbakahållningspolitik (policy of checking the expansion of a hostile foreign power) · it contenimento (state of being contained) · bg въздържане (state of being contained) · pt contenção (state of being contained) · cmn 圍堵 /围堵 (policy of checking the expansion of a hostile foreign power) · it contenimento (state of containing) · ca conteniment (state of containing) · fi pidättäminen (state of containing) · fi hillitseminen (state of containing) · ca conteniment (state of being contained) · da inddæmningspolitik (policy of checking the expansion of a hostile foreign power) · fi rajoittuminen (state of being contained) · ca inclusió (mathematical inclusion) · es contención (physical system designed to prevent the accidental release of dangerous materials)