| query | If someone or something p________ a particular quality, ability, or feature, they have it.If someone or something possesses a particular quality, ability, or feature, they have it. ...individuals who are deemed to possess the qualities of sense, loyalty and discretion. This figure has long been held to possess miraculous power. |
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| word | possess |
| full-definition | verb If you possess something, you have it or own it. He was then arrested and charged with possessing an offensive weapon. He is said to possess a fortune of more than two-and-a-half-thousand million dollars. If someone or something possesses a particular quality, ability, or feature, they have it. ...individuals who are deemed to possess the qualities of sense, loyalty and discretion. This figure has long been held to possess miraculous power. If a feeling or belief possesses you, it strongly influences your thinking or behaviour . Absolute terror possessed her. Tsvetayeva was possessed by a frenzied urge to get out of Moscow. |
| inflections | possessespossessingpossessed |
| cefr-level | B2 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:b2
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