"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
1. British possession = Brytyjska własność British possession
2. American possession = Amerykańska własność American possession
3. English possession = Angielska własność English possession
  • It was now an English possession, and neither the local Dutch government nor the mother country Holland would exercise further control.
  • The truth is that English was never properly an English possession.
  • They would know that with no English possession within three or four days' sailing, the ship's company must be desperate for water.
  • At the same time, voluntary emigration began to the English overseas possessions.
  • Calais, from 1347 to 1558, when it was recovered by the French throne, was an English possession.
  • The pre-1707 English overseas possessions became the nucleus of the British Empire.
  • The town remains an English possession until 1558.
  • Calais had been an English possession for approximately two centuries, until France conquered the city in 1558.
  • The advance continued elsewhere, quickly sweeping up all English possessions except Calais.
  • After that, this island became an English possession.
(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
(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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