"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 • ...
(1) try, help, struggle, use
Kolokacji: 4
1. try to contain = spróbuj zawierać try to contain
2. help contain = pomóż zawierać help contain
3. struggle to contain = walka o zawieranie struggle to contain
4. use to contain = użyj by zawierać use to contain
  • The palace used to contain in the past a mint.
  • Solder used to contain a mixture of lead and tin.
  • It used to contain a number of mountain farms.
  • It used to contain naval facilities, including a submarine base.
  • He showed her a small green glass bottle, used to contain the type-cleaning solution.
  • Langley also used to contain a unique, for the high school level, humanities department.
  • If Kosovo were lost, he said, "I think there will be little we can use to contain them."
  • And the pens used to contain many fish can damage the sea floor to which they are attached.
  • After finding out, she was put on lithium, a common drug used to contain moods.
  • The park used to contain a boating lake which dried up and was filled in.
(2) find, believe, know
Kolokacji: 4
(3) seem, appear, consist, come
Kolokacji: 4
(4) release, say, publish
Kolokacji: 3
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 • ...

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