possess
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
- arrow points to the broader concept
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
have as an attribute, knowledge, or skill
he possesses great knowledge about the Middle East
Types & categories
Sense 2 verb
have ownership or possession of
He owns three houses in Florida
Types & categories
- prepossess hyponym
Related & opposite
- possession derivation
- owner derivation
- possessor derivation
- rich person derivation
- possessive derivation
- possessive derivation
- feature verb group
Sense 3 verb
enter into and control, as of emotions or ideas
What possessed you to buy this house?
Types & categories
- dominate hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | feature |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | exhibit |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | possession |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | owner |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | possessor |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | rich person |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | possessive |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | possessive |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | feature |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | prepossess |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | dominate |