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contains multitudes

contains multitudes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of contain multitudes.

Meaning of contain multitudes

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To have a complex and apparently paradoxical nature; to be inconsistent, especially in a way that is ultimately admirable or noble.
    • Do I contradict myself? / Very well then … I contradict myself; / I am large … I contain multitudes.1855 July 4, Walt Whitman, “[Song of Myself]”, in Leaves of Grass, Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.: [James and Andrew Rome], →OCLC, page 55

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Contains multitudes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of contain multitudes.

Words near contains multitudes in the dictionary

  1. containment booms
  2. containment line
  3. containment lines
  4. containments
  5. contains
  6. contains multitudes
  7. contains oneself
  8. contakia
  9. contakion
  10. contaminable
  11. contaminant

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