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Meanings of possess in English

Portuguese
ter
Catalan
posseir
Spanish
tener

To be in possession (of an object).

        ter
        Usage of possess in English
        1
        One of the rights prisoners continue to possess is freedom of expression.
        Radio NZ
        2
        It allows the client to possess a 'single view of the truth'.
        The Irish Times
        3
        Neither do they possess syntactical rules of word order or sentence structure.
        Wired
        4
        Then our only hope is to possess information they don't yet have.
        The Book of Life
        5
        Our modern info-culture lionizes those who possess laserlike focus, particularly at work.
        Wired
        6
        It's a question of balls-which ,unfortunately , Idonot happen to possess.
        After the quake: stories
        7
        The altar-piece in Clara is one of the most beautiful we possess.
        Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Vol...
        8
        The Republics of Central America and the Caribbean possess great natural wealth.
        State of the Union Addresses
        9
        Do not assume that the police already know the information you possess.
        BBC
        10
        Data available suggest that surfers possess a high level of aerobic fitness.
        Pubmed
        11
        His afternoons began to possess a morning and his days, a yesterday.
        More Than Human
        12
        Although your magic is erratic, you possess a great deal of it.
        The Water Witch
        13
        For do we not possess all the time in the world, yes?'
        Blood and Bone
        14
        Guardiola a decade ago established a hegemonic style of possess and press.
        The Guardian
        15
        We do possess one thing in our favor-thespring floods are subsiding.
        The Time Traders
        16
        These disorders possess heterogeneity in terms of affected organs and clinical phenotypes.
        Pubmed
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        Translations for possess
        Portuguese
        terfruirpossuir
        Possess through the time
        Possess across language varieties
        United Kingdom
        Common
        United States of America
        Less common
        South Africa
        Less common
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