Collect and Contain

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Collect verb - To gain emotional or mental control of.

Usage example: applicants should collect their thoughts while waiting to be interviewed

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Contain is a synonym for collect in restraint topic. In some cases you can use "Contain" instead a verb "Collect".

Contain verb - To gain emotional or mental control of.

Usage example: could hardly contain herself when she heard that she had won the scholarship

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Collect is a synonym for contain in control topic. Sometimes you can use "Collect" instead a verb "Contain", if it concerns topics such as restraint.

Nearby Words: container, containing, containment, containable

soul	collect soul	contain soul
energy	collect energy	contain energy
people	collect people	contain people
treasure	collect treasure	contain treasure
Other words: stuff, amount, number, material, parts, item, data, information, cards, water, items, books, pieces, souls.

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