"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, formerly
Kolokacji: 2
(4) originally, initially
Kolokacji: 2
1. originally possess = początkowo posiadaj originally possess
  • He originally possessed the mutant ability to create and project a bio-EM field.
  • Today, headrights have been passed down among descendants of the Osage who originally possessed them.
  • According to legend, it originally possessed an iron cannon foil, but it has long since disappeared.
  • He originally possessed the Worlogog, which gave him complete control over time.
  • The main building originally possessed 33 classrooms, and could comfortably accommodate 900 students.
  • Years of renovation and modification have all but disguised the original structure, which originally possessed an open portico.
  • One assumes that a subsiding island originally possessed merely a fringing reef.
  • She heard that Bollam had survived with what wits he originally possessed intact.
  • In medieval England, the sheriffs originally possessed the sovereign authority to release or hold suspected criminals.
  • So even if it originally possessed reasoning powers they would be gone by now.
2. initially possess = początkowo posiadaj initially possess
(6) simply, merely
Kolokacji: 2

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