Word: containment
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: con
tain
ment
Definition: a policy of checking the expansion of a hostile foreign power by creating alliances with other states; especially the foreign policy strategy of the United States in the early years of the Cold War.
Morphemes:
Affix: contain
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To put constraint upon; to restrain; to confine; to keep within bounds.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: con-
Language: la
Decoded: con-
Meaning: together
Affix: teneō
Language: la
Decoded: teneo
Meaning: to hold
Affix: -ment
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns from verbs, the nouns having the sense of "the action or result of what is denoted by the verb".
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ment
Language: fro
Decoded: -ment
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns from verbs, usually of action or state resulting of them. Equivalent to the English -ment.