"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. generally possess = ogólnie posiadaj generally possess
2. fully possess = w pełni posiadaj fully possess
3. evidently possess = wyraźnie posiadaj evidently possess
  • How do you explain the influence the count evidently possessed over those ruffians?
  • This man evidently possesses the power of influencing events, both as regards men and things.
  • Men are the only creatures that evidently possess it.
  • You evidently possess, and in no inconsiderable degree, what Wordsworth calls the 'faculty of verse.'
  • I want to know," persisted Davy, for whom the subject evidently possessed a certain fascination.
  • If she were on the make she would have more money than she evidently possesses.
  • She has been beautifully trained and evidently possesses enough independent intelligence to make use of her teaching.
  • He was short, but massively built, and evidently possessed of immense strength.
  • Note that here A is, in general, not symmetric; however, it evidently possesses the same eigenvalues as the system (2.10.1.2).
  • Falkland thus became involved directly in the king's policy, though evidently possessing little influence in his counsels.
4. seemingly possessed = pozornie posiadać seemingly possessed
5. completely possessed = całkowicie posiadać completely possessed
(6) simply, merely
Kolokacji: 2

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