Contain and Have

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Contain

Contain verb - To have as part of a whole.

Usage example: the contract contains several new clauses

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Have is a synonym for contain in include topic. In some cases you can use "Have" instead a verb "Contain", when it comes to topics like provide, hold, take, carry. popular alternative

Nearby Words: container, containing, containment, containable

Have

Have verb - To keep, control, or experience as one's own.

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Contain is a synonym for have in include topic. You can use "Contain" instead a verb "Have", if it concerns topics such as provide, hold, take, carry. popular alternative

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Common collocations

power	contain power	have power
people	contain people	have people
kind	contain kind	have kind
knowledge	contain knowledge	have knowledge
Other words: amount, sort, plenty, number, characters, bit, nothing, version, elements, powers.

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