"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 • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 27
(7) talent, gift
Kolokacji: 2
(10) firearm, reserve, firepower
Kolokacji: 3
(11) authority, confidence
Kolokacji: 2
(13) land, superpower, estate
Kolokacji: 3
1. possess traits = miej cechy possess traits
2. possess wisdom = miej mądrość possess wisdom
3. possess courage = miej odwagę possess courage
4. possess ambition = miej ambicję possess ambition
  • He possessed vast, almost unimaginable talent and ambition.
  • There were other considerations as well; Lokara had long possessed political ambition.
  • Those who place the company second to private or domestic interests are often accused of possessing little ambition and become an object of contempt.
  • Though her style is commanding, decisive and responsible, she does not possess driving ambition and is a little surprised to have got so far.
  • He happened to know that a number of the most sophisticated service robots were self-willed, acting on their own initiative, possessing self-awareness and ambition.
  • Mohammed would hardly have driven a camel until he was thirty-five years old if he had possessed any talent or ambition.
  • Cedar Hole is a mossy, dank town where only the grass seems to possess ambition.
  • Truly great cities possess not only ambition and money but also a kind of energy that has nothing whatsoever to do with business.
  • She is a foil for all the big egos around her, pathetic, but in a different way, because she possesses ambition for nothing.
  • Presented as leftovers or traces of human behaviour, these items, released from their commonplace duty possess a certain vitality and ambition within the work.
(17) eye, magic
Kolokacji: 2
(18) beauty, Grace, agility
Kolokacji: 3
(21) value, merit
Kolokacji: 2
(22) expertise, competence
Kolokacji: 2
(23) material, equipment
Kolokacji: 2
(27) stamina, leg
Kolokacji: 2
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 • ...

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