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Verbs for Ownership

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to have
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to own
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to possess
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to boast
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to enjoy
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to retain
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to keep
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to hold on to
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to hang on to
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to belong
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to owe
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to lack
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to lose
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to go without somebody or something
to have
to have
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to hold or own something

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I have a collection of antique coins that I inherited from my grandfather.
They used to have a beach house.

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to own
to own
Verb
o
oʊ
w
n
n

to have something as for ourselves

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to possess
to possess
Verb
p
p
o
ss
e
ss
s

to have something as one's own

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to boast
Verb
b
b
oa
oʊ
s
s
t
t

to possess or have a particular feature or quality that is a source of pride

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to enjoy
Verb
e
ɛ
n
n
j
ʤ
o
ɔ
y
ɪ

to possess or experience something that brings pleasure, satisfaction, or advantage

suffer

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to retain
Verb
r
r
e
i
t
t
ai
eɪ
n
n

to keep what one has or to continue having something

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to keep
to keep
Verb
k
k
ee
i
p
p

to have or continue to have something

lose

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to hold on to
Verb
uk flag
/hˈoʊld ˈɑːn tuː/

to retain, keep, or continue to have something

Grammatical Information:

transitive
Phrasal Status
inseparable
to hang on to
to hang on to
Verb
uk flag
/hˈæŋ ˈɑːn tuː/

to keep something with effort or determination

Grammatical Information:

transitive
Phrasal Status
inseparable
phrase's verb
hang
phrase's particle
on to
to belong
to belong
Verb
b
b
e
ɪ
l
l
o
ɑ:
n
n
g
g

to be one's property

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to owe
to owe
Verb
o
oʊ
w
e

to have the responsibility of paying someone back a certain amount of money that was borrowed

Grammatical Information:

ditransitive
to lack
Verb
l
l
a
æ
ck
k

to be without or to not have enough of something that is needed or desirable

have

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to lose
to lose
Verb
l
l
o
u:
s
z
e

to be deprived of or stop having someone or something

keep

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to [go|do] without {sb/sth}
to go without somebody or something
phrase
uk flag
/ɡˌoʊ ɔːɹ dˈuː wɪðˌaʊt ˌɛsbˈiː slˈæʃ ˌɛstˌiːˈeɪtʃ/
Collocation

to manage or function without someone or something that is typically needed or desired

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