"contain" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

contain verbo

contain + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 1074
contain information • contain ingredients • contain elements • contain material • contain references • contain sugar • ...
verbo + contain
Kolokacji: 15
try to contain • found to contain • seem to contain • released containing • say to contain • ...
contain + preposición
Kolokacji: 47
contain within • contain in • contain by • contain among • contain about • ...
contain + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 56
contain therein • barely contain • actually contain • originally contain • once contain • generally contain • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 13
(1) therein, normally, commonly
Kolokacji: 3
(2) barely, hardly, scarcely
Kolokacji: 3
(5) once, formerly
Kolokacji: 2
(6) generally, clearly, exactly
Kolokacji: 3
(7) entirely, alone, exclusively
Kolokacji: 3
(8) effectively, potentially
Kolokacji: 2
  • It took firefighters around eight hours to completely contain the fire.
  • The entire length of the creek is completely contained within Alabama.
  • Completed in 1999, the dam is designed to completely contain a 350-year flood.
  • Olmy could not completely contain his reaction to that choice of words.
  • The state of Delaware is completely contained in a single at-large district.
  • "From inspecting the prostate, everything looked completely contained," he said.
  • Unless contained completely, it will keep reigniting and continue to cause destruction.
  • Also, if I come aboard your vessel and am infected, we will know you have not completely contained the entities.
  • There was no damage elsewhere, the protective measures having completely contained the other three explosions.
  • "It appears it was completely contained within the turbine section."
2. wholly contained = całkowicie zawierać wholly contained
3. properly contain = odpowiednio zawieraj properly contain
5. evidently contain = wyraźnie zawieraj evidently contain
(12) supposedly, purportedly
Kolokacji: 2
(13) simply, merely
Kolokacji: 2

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