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self-contained

[ self-kuhn-teynd, self- ]

adjective

  1. containing in oneself or itself all that is necessary; independent.
  2. reserved or uncommunicative.
  3. self-controlled or self-possessed.
  4. (of a machine or mechanism) complete in itself.


self-contained

adjective

  1. containing within itself all parts necessary for completeness
  2. (of a flat) having its own kitchen, bathroom, and lavatory not shared by others and usually having its own entrance
  3. able or tending to keep one's feelings, thoughts, etc, to oneself; reserved
  4. able to control one's feelings or emotions in the presence of others
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˌself-conˈtainedly, adverb
  • ˌself-conˈtainedness, noun
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Other Words From

  • self-con·tain·ed·ly [self, -k, uh, n-, tey, -nid-lee, self-], adverb
  • self-con·tained·ness noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of self-contained1

First recorded in 1585–95
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Example Sentences

They can do this because they believe they operate in self-contained worlds unto themselves.

The three episodes will be a self-contained arc ending at Prom Night and will serve as a prologue for the rest of the series.

At its peak The Farm had 1,500 members; it was a self-contained world with its own school, farm, midwives and social tenets.

The acting exists in a self-contained bubble of Phoenix yelling at Hoffman and Hoffman yelling at Phoenix, and more yelling.

Each of Baker's paragraphs also seem to exist in a self-contained platform.

A full, busy youth is your only prelude to a self-contained and independent age; and the muff inevitably develops into a bore.

"Lovers" would serve better, but is perhaps too expansive to be used of a self-contained race.

She could scarcely reconcile this acute, self-contained man with the enthusiast and comedian she had seen in the Cure's garden.

Quiet and reserved he always was, a self-contained child whose only friend was his mother.

He watched her as she went about her work, silent, self-contained and solitary.

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