lies

/laɪz/
adj 1

Collocations

5

ADJ.

above, alone, beautiful, behind, many, sunny, telling, wrong

The small village lies alone in the valley, surrounded by mountains on all sides.

VERB + LIES

field, tell, tells, told

The truth about what happened in that field lies buried somewhere we may never find.

LIES + NOUN

front, hill, london, mile, people, problem, truth, west

The real problem lies in poor communication between the two departments.

PREP.

across, in, off, with

The problem lies in the fact that nobody bothered to read the instructions carefully.

ADV.

always, ever, usually

The problem always lies in poor communication between the two departments.

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