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posses

Learn how to correctly hyphenate "posses" with detailed syllable breakdown and pronunciation guide.

2 syllables
6 characters
English (US)
Fig. 1 — . The composing stick. “posses” is set in lead; each gap is a place it may break.
2syllables

posses

Hyphenation via the Knuth-Liang algorithm — result not verified against authoritative sources.

posses is a polysyllabic word with 2 syllables. Using the Knuth-Liang algorithm, we calculated the hyphenation for the word you’ve entered. However, this hyphenation has not been verified against authoritative sources and may be approximate. This is because the algorithm relies on pre-defined patterns that may not cover all exceptions, contextual variations, or irregular spellings. We are working to verify hyphenations against trusted sources to ensure greater accuracy. For now, posses is hyphenated as:

Definitions ofposses

1noun
  • A group or company of people, originally especially one having hostile intent; a throng, a crowd.
  • A group of people summoned to help law enforcement.
  • A search party.
  • A criminal gang.
  • A group of (especially young) people seen as constituting a peer group or band of associates; a gang, a group of friends.

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