"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
  • They didn't quite know how to fully contain her voice then.
  • The fire was fully contained an hour after it began.
  • The reactor was built in the 1960s and is not fully contained.
  • Of the 595 sites, only 203 are fully contained within a protected area, the study found.
  • The blaze cost over $26.6 million and took nearly 2 weeks to be fully contained.
  • The fire was fully contained by November 2, 2003 with the help of rain and snow.
  • The last fire was fully contained on November 9, 2007, 19 days after the series of fires started.
  • The authorities reported that the fire was fully contained and 75 percent controlled by this evening.
  • The fire had burned over 4,351 acres and was fully contained by 24 September 2010.
  • The fire was fully contained on May 27, 2008.
(12) supposedly, purportedly
Kolokacji: 2
(13) simply, merely
Kolokacji: 2

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