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contain oneself

contain oneself verb: to exercise restraint in the expression one's emotions.

Verb

contain oneself (third-person singular simple present contains oneself, present participle containing oneself, simple past and past participle contained oneself)

  1. (reflexive) To exercise restraint in the expression one's emotions
    • I'm so excited, I can hardly contain myself!
    Synonyms:
    help oneself

contain oneself meaning in Tamil

contain oneself in Tamil

to contain oneself, control oneself
அடங்கு aṭaṅku

Synonyms of contain oneself

Forms of contain oneself

third-person singular presentcontains oneself
present participlecontaining oneself
past participlecontained oneself
pastcontained oneself

Questions about contain oneself

What does contain oneself mean?
Contain oneself means to exercise restraint in the expression one's emotions.
What is contain oneself in Tamil?
Contain oneself in Tamil is அடங்கு (aṭaṅku). See Contain oneself meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is contain oneself?
Contain oneself is a verb.
What is the past tense of contain oneself?
The past tense of contain oneself is contained oneself.

Words near contain oneself in the dictionary

  1. contagiousness
  2. contagium
  3. Contai
  4. contain
  5. contain multitudes
  6. contain oneself
  7. containable
  8. containant
  9. containants
  10. contained
  11. contained multitudes

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