"possession" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

possession sustantivo

sustantivo + possession
Kolokacji: 32
drug possession • cocaine possession • gun possession • material possession • possession of place • possession of marijuana • ...
possession + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 4
possession charge • possession receiver • possession arrow • possession limit
possession + verbo
Kolokacji: 15
possession ends • possession passes • possession results • possession leads • possession gives • ...
verbo + possession
Kolokacji: 60
take possession • gain possession • score on one's possessions • lose possession • give possession • regain possession • get possession • ...
adjetivo + possession
Kolokacji: 68
criminal possession • personal possession • sole possession • illegal possession • British possession • demonic possession • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 19
(2) personal, physical, proud
Kolokacji: 3
(4) British, American, English
Kolokacji: 3
(9) final, immediate
Kolokacji: 2
(10) French, Spanish, German, Dutch
Kolokacji: 4
(13) mere, simple, formal
Kolokacji: 3
(14) permanent, temporary
Kolokacji: 2
(15) territorial, colonial
Kolokacji: 2
(16) Venetian, Italian
Kolokacji: 2
(17) imperial, continental, African
Kolokacji: 3
1. imperial possession = imperialna własność imperial possession
2. continental possession = własność kontynentalna continental possession
3. African possession = Afrykańska własność African possession
  • The Portuguese brought them to their African and Asiatic possessions like India.
  • The French have removed large numbers of troops from their African possessions, leaving the way open for revolt.
  • France made extensive use of tribal allies (goumiers) as auxiliaries in its North African possessions.
  • This accounts for some of the hopefulness with which France was to look to her African possessions for military manpower in the twentieth century.
  • This system was seen as the backbone for the African possessions of the British Empire, and was not completed.
  • An estimated 800,000 Portuguese returned to Portugal as the country's African possessions gained independence in 1975.
  • Maio's concentration on events to the north, however, proved the downfall of the African possessions of the crown.
  • Italy was forced to give up its African possessions, including Eritrea.
  • London granted independence to its African possessions in a spirit of resignation, largely withdrawing except for business ties.
  • An estimated 1.6 million pieds noirs returned to France as the country's North African possessions gained independence.
(18) inalienable, alien
Kolokacji: 2
(19) favorite, beloved, dear
Kolokacji: 3
preposición + possession
Kolokacji: 22
for possession • of possession • with possession • in one's possession • on one's possession • ...

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