cont.
abbreviation
containing.
cont.
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containing.
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contents.
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continent.
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continental.
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continue.
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continued.
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contra.
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contract.
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contraction.
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control.
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(in prescriptions) bruised.
Cont.
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abbreviation
Etymology
Origin of cont.
From Latin contūsus cont. for def. 11
Example Sentences
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In a newspaper in Chicago, where the heavyweight champ's wife has sued for divorce, appeared the following ad: "Not resp. for debts cont. by anyone but myself, Joe Louis Barrow, 550 E. 61st St."
From Time Magazine Archive
The Second Part of the Faerie Queene, cont. the 4, 5, and 6 bookes, vj_d_.
From The Faerie Queene — Volume 01 by Spenser, Edmund
Proc�s-verbaux du conseil d'�tat, cont. la discussion du projet de code civil.
From The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. IV. (of IV.) by Sloane, William Milligan
App.: cont. two epistles from the Armenian, etc. p.
From The Works of Lord Byron, Vol. 7. Poetry by Coleridge, Ernest Hartley
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