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containment
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
containment
(noun)
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containment
/kən
ˈ
teɪnmənt/
noun
containment
/kən
ˈ
teɪnmənt/
noun
Learner's definition of CONTAINMENT
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noncount
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1
:
the act of preventing the spread of something
The company's hazardous waste
containment
plan is being reviewed.
trying to achieve cost
containment
[=trying to prevent costs from becoming too high]
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actions that are intended to keep an unfriendly government from getting more power
The government needs to adopt a
containment
strategy.
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