"possess" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

possess verbo

possess + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 119
possess weapons • possess knowledge • possess properties • possess qualities • possess powers • possess skills • possess strength • ...
possess + preposición
Kolokacji: 26
possessed by • possess of • possess in • possess with • possess at • ...
possess + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 29
once possess • actually possess • alone possess • no longer possess • illegally possess • ...
1. once possess = kiedyś posiadaj once possess
  • The station was large enough to actually possess real clouds.
  • The step gave him a stature which he did not actually possess.
  • She apparently gave the big man credit for more fighting ability than he actually possessed.
  • Literary theorists may long for, but have never actually possessed, such power and influence.
  • What has changed is the expectation that artists actually possess the skills to produce their own work.
  • He wasn't at all sure that he actually still possessed it.
  • Tradition affords him more power and authority than he actually possessed.
  • "I didn't know you Englishmen actually possessed such a sense of humor."
  • American officials all but rule out the possibility that Iraq, as it has often declared, actually possesses no weapons of this kind.
  • The female body type that most frequently shows up in advertising as "ideal" is actually only possessed by 5 percent of American women.

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