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Etymology

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FromLatinpossessiō, possessiōnis. Equivalent topossess +‎-ion.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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possession (countable anduncountable,pluralpossessions)

  1. Control oroccupancy of something for which one does not necessarily haveprivate property rights.
    Hyponym:mortmain
    • 2020 April 8, Paul Stephen, “ECML dive-under drives divergence”, inRail, page44:
      Once complete, guide rails will be installed inside the tunnels ready for the box jack itself - which NR intends to push into place during a nine-day engineeringpossession in September, following a trial push in late August. [...] A small number of weekday and weekendpossessions will also be required on June 20-21, September 5-6, and between December 19-March 2021, [...]
  2. Something that isowned.
    Synonyms:(obsolete)ight;see alsoThesaurus:property
    The car quickly became his most prizedpossession.
    I would gladly give all of my worldlypossessions just to be able to do that.
  3. Ownership;taking,holding,keeping something as one'sown.
    Synonyms:owndom,retention;see alsoThesaurus:ownership
    Antonym:absence
    The car is in mypossession.
    I'm inpossession of the car.
  4. Aterritory under the rule of another country.
    Réunion is the largest of France's overseaspossessions.
  6. The condition oraffliction of beingpossessed by ademon or othersupernatural entity.
    Synonym:(obsolete)enthusiasm
    Back then, people with psychiatric disorders were sometimes thought to be victims of demonicpossession.
  8. The condition of being under the control of strongemotion ormadness.
  9. (sports) Control of the ball; the opportunity to be on the offensive.
    The scoreboard shows a little football symbol next to the name of the team that haspossession.
    • 2010 December 29, Chris Whyatt, “Chelsea 1 - 0 Bolton”, inBBC‎[1]:
      Their first half was marred by the entire side playing too deep, completely unable to build up any form of decentpossession once the ball left their bewildered defence.
  10. (Australian rules football) A disposal of the ball during a game, i.e. akick or ahandball.
    • 2019In the mix: Who's pushing for selection for round eight?Australian Football League, 7 May 2019. Accessed 7 May 2019.
      Defender Colin O'Riordan had 41possessions in the NEAFL last week to continue his outstanding form, while Ryan Clarke had 47 in the Swans' big loss to Brisbane.
  11. (linguistics) A syntactic relationship between twonouns ornominals that may be used to indicate ownership.
    Some languages distinguish between a construction like 'my car', which shows alienablepossession — the car could become someone else's — and one like 'my foot', which has inalienablepossession — my foot will always be mine.

Usage notes

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  • One who possesses is often said tohave possession (of),hold possession (of), orbe in possession (of).
  • One who acquires is often said totake possession (of),gain possession (of), orcome into possession (of).

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Translations

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control or occupancy without legal ownership
something that is owned
ownership; taking, holding, keeping something as one's own
a territory under the rule of another country
the state of being possessed by a spirit or demon
control of the ball in a disputed sports game
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Verb

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possession (third-person singular simple presentpossessions,present participlepossessioning,simple past and past participlepossessioned)

  1. (obsolete) Toinvest withproperty.[1]

References

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  1. ^“possession”, inWebster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.:G. & C. Merriam,1913,→OCLC.

French

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Etymology

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FromLatinpossessionem (nominative ofpossessio).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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possession f (pluralpossessions)

  1. possession

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