"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
  • Every one of us who is going has been possessed at least once.
  • The community once possessed a post office, which has since been closed.
  • The community once possessed a post office, but it has been closed.
  • The woman had once possessed everything I suddenly wanted.
  • There is no doubt that the inhabitants once possessed space travel.
  • It is thus possible that Venus did once possess a large quantity of water.
  • Almost all the manufacturing and engineering resources we once possessed are now gone beyond recall.
  • The assaults had lost whatever logical base they might have once possessed.
  • It seemed too that his hands were well on the way to losing entirely whatever poor skill they'd once possessed.
  • It also stole whatever beauty the victim had once possessed.

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