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Repossess is an English word with synonyms like reclaim or get. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Repossess in a sentence

Related words

Repossess | Repossessed | Repossession | Repossessions | Repossessing

Repossess meaning

  1. To reclaim ownership of property for which payment remains due.
  2. To gain back possession of.

Synonyms of Repossess

reclaim get acquire take back take

Related words

Other words often associated with Repossess or its synonyms:

change assume have return move situate make suffer recycle carry learn undergo

Using Repossess

  • The main meaning on this page is: To reclaim ownership of property for which payment remains due. | To gain back possession of.
  • Useful related words include: reclaim, get, acquire, take back.
  • In the example corpus, repossess often appears in combinations such as: to repossess, repossess the, repossess and.

Context around Repossess

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 27.2 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 8 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 11 statements, 2 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

emphasised 1× car 1× dealer 1×

Often after:

itself 1× red 1× residential 1×

Sentence patterns with Repossess

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

able to repossess and retake 1× and emphasised repossess and retake 1× attempted to repossess the kubota 1× attempted to repossess the pinafore 1× driving car repossess itself if 1× government would repossess them and 1× intention to repossess red hare 1× move to repossess the mwanawasa 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

during the war 1× harare city council 1× have the dealer 1× he said preliminary 1× last pass admits 1× on 31 july 1×

Common sentence endings:

a celebrated fracas 1× for this purpose 1× from some jobs 1× miss your payments 1× owned the land 1× parasitic political class 1×

Words around Repossess

Just before it in the word index:

repository 190 repositories 66 repositions 4 repositioning 89 repositioned 47 reposition 85

Just after it in the word index:

repossessed 38 repossessing 4 repossession 27 repossessions 10 repost 32 reposted 107

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaronson 18 abai 18 abass 18 abatements 18 abdulfatah 18 abebe 18

Corpus analysis for Repossess

  • In this selection, "repossess" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, emphasised, car, dealer, itself, red and residential stand out and add context to how "repossess" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include able to repossess and retake and and emphasised repossess and retake. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "repossess" sits close to words such as aaronson, abai and abass, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with repossess

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Have the dealer repossess the Lexus. (6 words)

Or is this payback for a high profile move to repossess the Mwanawasa farm? (14 words)

During the war years, the City of Seattle attempted to repossess the Kubota property but was ultimately unsuccessful. (18 words)

Longer example sentences

With this, he told the house that the state maintains an overarching and overriding power that is called eminent domain to be able to repossess and retake that land and emphasised repossess and retake as the state originally had always owned the land. (43 words)

Still, lawyers come to Luo’s house — more a repurposed, open-air dojo/stable where he used to train his stuntmen “disciples” and which has many a useful exposed beam/loose ladder lying about — and announce their intention to repossess Red Hare. (42 words)

Last Pass admits that a DevOps engineer’s home computer was hacked in last year’s attack, Elon Musk wants to challenge the “woke” OpenAI and could your self-driving car repossess itself if you miss your payments? (38 words)

Question examples

Last Pass admits that a DevOps engineer’s home computer was hacked in last year’s attack, Elon Musk wants to challenge the “woke” OpenAI and could your self-driving car repossess itself if you miss your payments? (38 words)

Or is this payback for a high profile move to repossess the Mwanawasa farm? (14 words)

Example sentences (13)

With this, he told the house that the state maintains an overarching and overriding power that is called eminent domain to be able to repossess and retake that land and emphasised repossess and retake as the state originally had always owned the land.

Last Pass admits that a DevOps engineer’s home computer was hacked in last year’s attack, Elon Musk wants to challenge the “woke” OpenAI and could your self-driving car repossess itself if you miss your payments?

Still, lawyers come to Luo’s house — more a repurposed, open-air dojo/stable where he used to train his stuntmen “disciples” and which has many a useful exposed beam/loose ladder lying about — and announce their intention to repossess Red Hare.

During the war years, the City of Seattle attempted to repossess the Kubota property but was ultimately unsuccessful.

However, he said Kadungure was now demanding US$15 000 from him and was also threatening to repossess the vehicle.

The council is mulling whether to repossess a former city building — transferred more than a decade ago to a local nonprofit — for this purpose.

We do not need another country outside Nigeria, what we need is a different Nigeria; we need to save and repossess our country from the parasitic political class.

Or is this payback for a high profile move to repossess the Mwanawasa farm?

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Harare City Council (HCC) is set to repossess residential stands issued to cooperatives and housing assistance pay schemes, which are failing to pay for the allocated land.

Have the dealer repossess the Lexus.

He said preliminary results showed that some big wigs had multiple farms and Government would repossess them and give others who wanted to venture into farming.

Then we'll repossess your house and/or former stuff and ruin your credit for 7 years so you have trouble even getting a place to rent or exclude you from some jobs.

On 31 July 1879, the last day of their agreement with Carte, the directors of the Comedy Opera Company attempted to repossess the Pinafore set by force during a performance, causing a celebrated fracas.

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Common combinations with repossess

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "repossess" in a sentence?
An example: "With this, he told the house that the state maintains an overarching and overriding power that is called eminent domain to be able to repossess and retake that land and emphasised repossess and retake as the state originally had always owned the land." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "repossess" from authentic English texts.
What does "repossess" mean?
Repossess means: To reclaim ownership of property for which payment remains due.
What are synonyms of "repossess"?
Common synonyms of "repossess" include: reclaim, get, acquire, take back, take.
How many example sentences with "repossess" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "repossess", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.