self-contained

English

Etymology

From self- +‎ contained.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛlf.kənˌteɪnd/

Adjective

self-contained (comparative more self-contained, superlative most self-contained)

1. Not requiring external or additional support; complete in itself.

   a self-contained apartment

   The software is self-contained, and doesn't interface with anything except the user.

   Self-contained underwater breathing apparatus

   • 1961 February, R. K. Evans, “The role of research on British Railways”, in Trains Illustrated, page 92:

     Each of these can be further sub-divided into self-contained divisions; the technical research department, for example, includes Engineering and Chemical Divisions.

   • 2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 109:

     Whereas the history of the London Underground is generally very fiddly, the history of the Waterloo & City is blessedly self-contained and simple.

   • 2020 December 16, Chris Howe, “Merseyrail sets its sights on network expansion”, in Rail, page 34:

     Merseyrail is, in effect, a self-contained network with eight termini. At six of these [...], passengers can transfer onto national rail network services.

2. (of a person) Wrapped up in oneself; reserved.

Verb

self-contained

1. simple past and past participle of self-contain

Hypernyms

• contained

Translations

not requiring external or additional support

• Bulgarian: самостоятелен (bg) (samostojatelen), автономен (bg) (avtonomen)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 設施齊全的 / 设施齐全的 (shèshī qíquán de), 獨立 / 独立 (zh) (dúlì), 自給 / 自给 (zh) (zìjǐ)

• Finnish: omavarainen (fi)
• French: autonome (fr), indépendant (fr)
• German: autark (de), autonom (de), selbstständig (de)
• Greek: αυτόνομος (el) (aftónomos), αυτοτελής (el) (aftotelís), ανεξάρτητος (el) (anexártitos)
• Hungarian: önálló (hu)
• Japanese: 自給の (ja) (じきゅうの, jikyū no)
• Portuguese: independente (pt)
• Russian: автоно́мный (ru) (avtonómnyj), незави́симый (ru) (nezavísimyj), самостоя́тельный (ru) (samostojátelʹnyj)
• Spanish: autónomo (es), independiente (es), autárquico (es)
• Vietnamese: khép kín (vi)

wrapped up in oneself; reserved