"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
1. possess knowledge = posiadaj wiedzę possess knowledge
3. possess skills = miej umiejętności possess skills
5. possess intelligence = miej inteligencję possess intelligence
6. possess organs = posiadaj organy possess organs
7. possess brains = opętaj mózgi possess brains
8. possess a mind = miej mentalność possess a mind
9. possess genius = miej geniusza possess genius
  • Scanners possess an additional instinct that goes with their ability.
  • She is strong willed and passionate in her actions, but possesses a motherly instinct.
  • Consider Ms. Blakeslee, who possesses an incorrigible instinct for caricature and a mouth as expressive as any caricaturist's pen.
  • He himself seemed to possess an instinct for equilibrium, for he never stumbled.
  • Humans possess an intense instinct for rivalry.
  • The younger woman possessed a prescient instinct for detecting threats to the Sisterhood.
  • O'Brian was only 15 when the book was published, but he already possessed an instinct for deft plotting and uncomplicated narrative.
  • THESwiss are an insular and tribal people, possessing an almost animal instinct to spot outsiders.
  • Wall is 5 feet 8 inches, 142 pounds, and possesses a natural instinct for the game she began playing at 5.
  • The people', he said, 'possess a very sure instinct which, in historic hours, conducts them towards those whose mission it is to guide them.
(7) talent, gift
Kolokacji: 2
(10) firearm, reserve, firepower
Kolokacji: 3
(11) authority, confidence
Kolokacji: 2
(13) land, superpower, estate
Kolokacji: 3
(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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