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possess

/pəˈzɛs/

US pronunciation
American sound/pəˈzɛs/
pəˈzɛs
Syllables
2 syllables
Stress
2nd syllable stress
Vowel
Schwa vowel
Ending
Clear final sound

pə - ˈzɛs -> possess

Myanmar meaning

(v) ပိုင်ဆိုင်သည်။ လက်ဝယ်ရှိသည်။ ရှိသည်။ ဂုဏ်ဒြပ်၊စရိုက်လက္ခဏာရှိသည်။ တစ္ဆေ၊သရဲပူးသည်၊စီးသည်။ စိတ်စွနေသည်။

Full entry

possess /pǝ'zes/ v

၁။ (fml ) (က) ပိုင်ဆိုင်သည်။ လက်ဝယ်ရှိ သည်။ ရှိသည်။ He decided to give away everything he possessed and become a monk. ❍ Iran possesses 10% of the world's known oil reserves. ❍ She admitted possessing illegal drugs. ❍ We possess Marx's notes on some of these works.
(ခ) (ဂုဏ်ဒြပ်၊ စရိုက်လက္ခဏာ) ရှိသည်။ There are few actors who don't possess some musical skills. ❍ The new prime minister possesses a strong will.
၂။ (တစ္ဆေ၊ သရဲ) ပူးသည်၊ စီးသည်။ စိတ်စွဲနေ သည်။ She seemed to be possessed (by the devil). ❍ She was suddenly possessed by an overwhelming jealousy. ❍ He is possessed by the idea that he is being followed. ❍ Whatever possessed you to do that.
❏ be possessed of sth [IDM ] (fml ) စရိုက်လက္ခဏာ ရှိသည်။ She is possessed of a wonderfully calm temperament.
❏ like one possessed [IDM ] သရဲမရဲစီးနေသလို။ He fought like a man possessed.
❏ possessor n (fml or joc ) ပိုင်ရှင်။ He is now the proud possessor of a driving-licence.

More examples
  • They were all found guilty of illegally possessing firearms.
  • Kate is a woman who possesses a rare intelligence.
  • All these drugs possess sedative properties.
  • They do not possess the necessary technical knowledge.
Synonyms
have, own, hold, enjoy, acquire, be blessed with, be born with, be endowed with, bear, carry, control, corner, corner the market, dominate, get hands on, get hold of, grab, have power over, have to name, hog, influence, keep, latch on to, lock up, maintain, occupy, retain, seize, sit on, take, take control, take over, take possession
Antonyms
abandon, dispossess, fail, forsake, free, lack, let go, lose, miss, need, not have, release, surrender, yield
Cross references
haveownholdenjoyacquirebe blessed withbe born withbe endowed withbearcarrycontrolcornercorner the marketdominateget hands onget hold ofgrabhave power overhave to namehoginfluencekeeplatch on tolock upmaintainoccupyretainseize
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