how to pronounce possesses

/pəˈzɛsəz/

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possesses is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of possesses in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… wife has and possesses in its entirety …”

meanings of possesses

verb:

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of possess.

possesses frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word possesses occurs in english on average 3.9 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics possesses can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that possesses can be often used in the following areas:

1) people, society, and culture;