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Meanings of possess in English

Portuguese
ter
Catalan
posseir
Spanish
tener

To be in possession (of an object).

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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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