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{
"term": "possess",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "possess",
"heSheIt": "possesses"
},
"pastSimple": "possessed",
"pastParticiple": "possessed",
"ingForm": "possessing"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to have or own something",
"sensetop": "possess something",
"labels": "(formal)",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "He was charged with possessing a shotgun without a licence."
},
{
"text": "I'm afraid this is the only suitcase I possess."
},
{
"text": "The gallery possesses a number of the artist's early works."
},
{
"text": "Belgium was the first European country to possess a fully fledged rail network."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to have a particular quality or feature",
"sensetop": "possess something",
"labels": "(formal)",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "I'm afraid he doesn't possess a sense of humour."
},
{
"text": "workers who possess the requisite skills for the task"
},
{
"text": "He credited her with a maturity she did not possess."
},
{
"text": "Isaak 's songwriting possesses a timeless quality."
},
{
"text": "Young adults possess incredible purchasing power."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "to have a powerful effect on somebody and control the way that they think, behave, etc.",
"sensetop": "possess somebody",
"labels": "(literary)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "A terrible fear possessed her."
},
{
"text": "I was possessed by a desire to tell her everything."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "to make somebody do something that seems strange or unreasonable",
"sensetop": "possess somebody to do something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "What possessed him to say such a thing?"
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/pəˈzes/",
"audio": "po/possess/possess__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/pəˈzesɪz/",
"audio": "po/possess/possesses__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/pəˈzest/",
"audio": "po/possess/possessed__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/pəˈzesɪŋ/",
"audio": "po/possess/possessing__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/pəˈzes/",
"audio": "po/possess/possess__us_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/pəˈzesɪz/",
"audio": "po/possess/possesses__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/pəˈzest/",
"audio": "po/possess/possessed__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/pəˈzesɪŋ/",
"audio": "po/possess/possessing__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Old French possesser, from Latin possess- ‘occupied, held’, from the verb possidere, from potis ‘able, capable’ + sedere ‘sit’."
}