"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
(12) supposedly, purportedly
Kolokacji: 2
1. supposedly contain = ponoć zawieraj supposedly contain
2. purportedly contain = rzekomo zawierać purportedly contain
  • First, let me inquire: did you entrust to Maier a purse purportedly containing valuable jewels?
  • These eggs purportedly contain female draconians, which were never permitted to hatch.
  • In 1975, a clay bulla purportedly containing Baruch's seal and name appeared on the antiquities market.
  • The boxes purportedly contain undeveloped silver gelatin photographs.
  • The records purportedly contained lists of names, loan amounts and interest rates that prosecutors said proved a conspiracy.
  • The letter purportedly contained directions on the handling of Project IC.
  • Syntex later transferred tanks purportedly containing the waste material to a Northeastern plant in Verona.
  • Small boxes purportedly containing the skin later were sold in Mankato.
  • The plot involves the search for a rare ancient book that purportedly contains the secret to magically summoning the Devil.
  • The lead terrorist instigates Adam to open a suitcase which purportedly contains a video showing the beheading of his girlfriend.
(13) simply, merely
Kolokacji: 2

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