Those who possess nothing lose nothing.
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Possess
//pəˈzɛs//
Synonyms for "possess" (146 found)
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Closest matches (30)
Strong matches (43)
Related words (73)
haunthavehave and holdhave in handhave information abouthave knowledge ofhave tenure ofhexholdhoodoohugimpelincludeinfatuateinholdjinxkeepkenknowlay hands on
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13 entriesmanner of
2 entriesrelated to
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124 translations across 57 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- κέκτημαι verb (to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner)
Arabic
4 entries- اِمْتَلَكَ verb (to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner)
- تَمَلَّكَ verb (to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner)
- حَازَ verb (to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner)
- مَلَكَ verb (to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner)
Armenian
2 entries- ունենալ verb (to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner)
- տիրապետել verb (to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- malik *imək verb (to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner)
Belarusian
1 entries- вало́даць verb (to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner)
Breton
1 entries- perc'hennañ verb (to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner)
Bulgarian
4 entries- владе́я verb (to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner)
- завладявам verb (of a supernatural entity, especially one regarded as evil: to take control of (an animal or person’s body or mind))
- обсебвам verb (of a supernatural entity, especially one regarded as evil: to take control of (an animal or person’s body or mind))
- притежа́вам verb (to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner)
Catalan
2 entries- posseir verb (to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner)
- posseir verb (of a supernatural entity, especially one regarded as evil: to take control of (an animal or person’s body or mind))
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 具備 /具备 verb (to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner)
- 具备 verb (to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner)
- 具有 verb (to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner)
- 所有 verb (to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner)
Church Slavic
1 entries- владѣти verb (to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner)
Czech
2 entries- posednout verb (of a supernatural entity, especially one regarded as evil: to take control of (an animal or person’s body or mind))
- vlastnit verb (to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner)
Danish
3 entries- besidde verb (to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner)
- besætte verb (of a supernatural entity, especially one regarded as evil: to take control of (an animal or person’s body or mind))
- eje verb (to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner)
Dutch
2 entries- bezit nemen van verb (of a supernatural entity, especially one regarded as evil: to take control of (an animal or person’s body or mind))
- bezitten verb (to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner)
Esperanto
2 entries- havi verb (to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner)
- posedi verb (to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner)
Faroese
1 entries- eiga verb (to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner)
Finnish
4 entries- olla verb (to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner)
- omata verb (to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner)
- omistaa verb (to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner)
- ottaa valtaansa verb (of a supernatural entity, especially one regarded as evil: to take control of (an animal or person’s body or mind))
French
3 entries- posséder verb (to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner)
- posséder verb (of a supernatural entity, especially one regarded as evil: to take control of (an animal or person’s body or mind))
- s'emparer de verb (of a supernatural entity, especially one regarded as evil: to take control of (an animal or person’s body or mind))
Galician
2 entries- posuír verb (to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner)
- ter verb (to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner)
Georgian
1 entries- ფლობს verb (to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner)
German
2 entries- besitzen verb (to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner)
- besitzen verb (of a supernatural entity, especially one regarded as evil: to take control of (an animal or person’s body or mind))
Gothic
2 entries- 𐌰𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌽 verb (to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner)
- 𐌳𐌹𐍃𐌽𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌽 verb (to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner)
Greek
3 entries- έχω verb (to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner)
- διαθέτω verb (to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner)
- κατέχω verb (to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner)
Hungarian
4 entries- birtokol verb (to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner)
- bír verb (to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner)
- hatalmába kerít verb (of a supernatural entity, especially one regarded as evil: to take control of (an animal or person’s body or mind))
- megszáll verb (of a supernatural entity, especially one regarded as evil: to take control of (an animal or person’s body or mind))
Icelandic
1 entries- eiga verb (to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner)
Indonesian
2 entries- memiliki verb (to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner)
- rasuk verb (of a supernatural entity, especially one regarded as evil: to take control of (an animal or person’s body or mind))
Italian
3 entries- avere verb (to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner)
- possedere verb (to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner)
- possedere verb (of a supernatural entity, especially one regarded as evil: to take control of (an animal or person’s body or mind))
Japanese
4 entries- 占有する verb (to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner)
- 取り憑く verb (of a supernatural entity, especially one regarded as evil: to take control of (an animal or person’s body or mind))
- 所持する verb (to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner)
- 所有する verb (to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner)
Khmer
2 entries- ជាម្ចាស់ verb (to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner)
- មាន verb (to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner)
Korean
2 entries- 소유하다 verb (to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner)
- 소지하다 verb (to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner)
Latin
4 entries- habeō verb (to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner)
- possideō verb (to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner)
- teneo verb (of a supernatural entity, especially one regarded as evil: to take control of (an animal or person’s body or mind))
- teneō verb (to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner)
Macedonian
1 entries- поседува verb (to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner)
Maore Comorian
1 entries- uhea verb (of a supernatural entity, especially one regarded as evil: to take control of (an animal or person’s body or mind))
Māori
1 entries- uru verb (of a supernatural entity, especially one regarded as evil: to take control of (an animal or person’s body or mind))
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- besitte verb (to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner)
- eie verb (to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner)
- inneha verb (to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- eige verb (to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner)
Old East Slavic
1 entries- володѣти verb (to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner)
Old English
3 entries- besittan verb (to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner)
- āgan verb (to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner)
- āgnian verb (to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner)
Old Irish
1 entries- techtaid verb (to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner)
Persian
1 entries- داشتن verb (to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner)
Polish
2 entries- opętać verb (of a supernatural entity, especially one regarded as evil: to take control of (an animal or person’s body or mind))
- posiadać verb (to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner)
Portuguese
3 entries- possuir verb (to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner)
- possuir verb (of a supernatural entity, especially one regarded as evil: to take control of (an animal or person’s body or mind))
- ter verb (to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner)
Romanian
3 entries- avea verb (to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner)
- deține verb (to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner)
- poseda verb (to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner)
Russian
3 entries- владе́ть verb (to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner)
- име́ть verb (to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner)
- облада́ть verb (to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner)
Sanskrit
1 entries- ईष्टे verb (to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- pósedovati verb (to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner)
- pósjedovati verb (to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner)
- по́седовати verb (to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner)
- по́сједовати verb (to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner)
Slovak
1 entries- vlastniť verb (to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner)
Slovene
1 entries- posedovati verb (to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner)
Spanish
2 entries- poseer verb (to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner)
- poseer verb (of a supernatural entity, especially one regarded as evil: to take control of (an animal or person’s body or mind))
Swedish
3 entries- besitta verb (to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner)
- inneha verb (to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner)
- äga verb (to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner)
Tagalog
2 entries- mag-ari verb (to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner)
- sumanib verb (of a supernatural entity, especially one regarded as evil: to take control of (an animal or person’s body or mind))
Telugu
1 entries- ఆవేశించు verb (of a supernatural entity, especially one regarded as evil: to take control of (an animal or person’s body or mind))
Thai
2 entries- ครอบครอง verb (to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner)
- สิง verb (of a supernatural entity, especially one regarded as evil: to take control of (an animal or person’s body or mind))
Turkish
2 entries- malik olmak verb (to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner)
- sahip olmak verb (to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner)
Ukrainian
1 entries- володі́ти verb (to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner)
Vietnamese
1 entries- sở hữu verb (to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner)
Welsh
1 entries- meddu verb (to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner)
Zhuang
1 entries- miz verb (to have (something) as, or as if as, an owner)
Sample sentences
63 total sentences available.
Do you think that those superheroes are endowed with talents we don't possess?
Source: tatoeba (52352)
These hot springs possess properties for healing wounds.
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It is the things that we do not possess which seem to us most desirable.
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