Meaning of self-contained | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Not requiring external or additional support; complete in itself.
2. Of a person, wrapped up in oneself; reserved.
   idiomatic

Equivalents

Examples

“a self-contained apartment”

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

“Self-contained underwater breathing apparatus”

“All these were based broadly on the management framework of the old companies, except that the former Southern and North Eastern Areas of the old L.N.E.R. became separate management units, while the former L.M.S.R. and L.N.E.R. lines north of the Border were fused into a self-contained Scottish Region.”

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

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

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

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