possess
verb (used with object)
to have as belonging to one; have as property; own.
will possess
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future tenseof possess.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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“Plaintiffs present compelling evidence that the combined firm resulting from the transaction will possess substantial market share in the wide-release theatrical distribution market,” Martínez-Olguín wrote in her 10-page order.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
“It is most unlikely,” Justice Alito adds, “that the supermarket employee who is gathering up shopping carts in the parking lot or the employee who is restocking shelves will possess that authority.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
The first nation to develop a quantum computer capable of breaking classical cryptography will possess capabilities that make current cybersecurity look like a screen door on a submarine.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 23, 2025
You can’t actually foresee your child’s gender—let alone how they will choose to express it or the qualities they will possess as a human being.
From Slate ● May 7, 2024
This idea is drawn from, and the phenomena is explained by, the fact that the mother, through her longings, creates the brain-substance which is to control the desires which her child will possess.
From What a Young Husband Ought to Know by Sylvanus Stall
