"possess" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

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possess + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 119
possess weapons • possess knowledge • possess properties • possess qualities • possess powers • possess skills • possess strength • ...
(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
1. possess expertise = miej biegłość possess expertise
2. possess competence = miej kompetencję possess competence
  • "The Fwai-chi are placid, but not helpless if provoked too far; indeed they are said to possess important parapsychic competence, and no one dares molest them."
  • Defendants that do not possess sufficient "competence" are usually excluded from criminal prosecution, while witnesses found not to possess requisite competence cannot testify.
  • The members of the Commission are persons who possess recognized competence and qualifications in both doctrinal and practical aspects of international law.
  • Instead, some kind of problem is implied, though Mr. Jones possesses basic competence at his tasks.
  • Interactions are exchanges among individuals etc. holding a common vision and possessing the necessary resources, behaviors, competence and experience in aggregate.
  • It is intended to symbolise a person who possesses both confidence and competence.
  • In summary, status beliefs, which hold men to possess greater competence, have a prescriptive element.
  • The stereotype content model (SCM) is a psychological theory that hypothesizes that stereotypes possess two dimensions: warmth and competence.
  • They would soon have seen through the devices of his mortality; now many mortals possessed similar competence.
  • One never knows, but it perhaps bodes well for the future that a recycling industry is developing which possesses such competence and power in terms of financial resources and personnel.
(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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