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- Dictionarydis·pos·sess/ˌdispəˈzes/
verb
- 1. deprive (someone) of land, property, or other possessions: "they were dispossessed of lands and properties at the time of the Reformation" Similar
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Dispossessing is the present participle of dispossess, which means to take property, especially buildings or land, away from someone or a group of people. See how to use this formal verb in sentences from various sources.
- Znaczenie Dispossessing, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary
dispossessing definicja: 1. present participle of dispossess...
- English (US)
to take property, especially buildings or land, away from...
- Cambridge English Dictionary에서의 의미
dispossessing 의미, 정의, dispossessing의 정의: 1. present...
- DISPOSSESS
to force someone to give up the possession of a house, land,...
- Znaczenie Dispossessing, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary
The meaning of DISPOSSESS is to put out of possession or occupancy. How to use dispossess in a sentence.
to take property, especially buildings or land, away from someone or a group of people: A lot of people were dispossessed of their homes during the civil war. Compare. repossess. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Taking things away from someone or somewhere. appropriate. bear away. confiscate. confiscation. cream something/someone off.
to force someone to give up the possession of a house, land, or other property: Many people were dispossessed of their homes during the war. (Definition of dispossess from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
Dispossess means to take away possession of something from someone, especially land or buildings. Learn the pronunciation, grammar, and usage of dispossess and its derived forms, such as dispossession and dispossessor.
Dispossessing means to deprive someone of the possession or occupancy of something, such as real property. See the verb form, past participle, gerund, and translations of dispossess in different languages.
/ˌˈdɪspəˌzɛs/ IPA guide. Other forms: dispossessed; dispossessing; dispossesses. When you take something away from someone, especially land or property, you dispossess them of it. Your parents might dispossess you of the tent you pitched in the yard to set up the grill for their upcoming cookout.
