contain syllables

Frequency: 7.512.0 per million words

Used to state that a word includes a certain number of syllables.

syllableVERB + syllable

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contain

Examples (10)

  • This English word contains three syllables.
  • The name 'banana' contains three syllables.
  • Many compound words contain multiple syllables.
  • The dictionary entry shows that the word contains four syllables.
  • Technical terms often contain many syllables.
  • Does the word 'beautiful' contain three or four syllables?
  • I'm trying to understand which syllables the word contains.
  • This ancient language's words typically contain short syllables.
  • The word 'onomatopoeia' contains six syllables.
  • The instruction was to identify words that contain more than two syllables.