possession

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) Control or occupancy of something for which one does not necessarily have private property rights.
2. (countable, uncountable) Something that is owned.
3. (countable, uncountable) Ownership; taking, holding, keeping something as one's own.
4. (countable, uncountable) A territory under the rule of another country.
5. (countable, uncountable) The condition or affliction of being possessed by a demon or other supernatural entity.
6. (countable, uncountable) The condition of being under the control of strong emotion or madness.
7. (countable, uncountable) Control of the ball; the opportunity to be on the offensive.
8. (countable, uncountable) A disposal of the ball during a game, i.e. a kick or a handball.
9. (countable, uncountable) A syntactic relationship between two nouns or nominals that may be used to indicate ownership.

Verb

To invest with property.

Opposite of

absence

Synonyms

property

ownership

occupation

belongings

enjoyment

wealth

dominion

tenure

holding

dependency

treasure

occupancy

estate

belonging

asset

custody

riches

territory

fortune

control

having

assets

possession of

maintenance

endowment

colony

will power

domain

willpower

effects

self-will

self-possession

tenancy

proprietary

hold

self-command

hand

✋

acquisition

own

owning

monomania

proprietorship

capture

self-control

equipment

equanimity

composure

entrance

command

empire

Translations

possession

Besitz

possesso

propriété

posesión

possessió

bezit

possessão

bien

👍

posse

κατοχή

Eigentum

eigendom

bezitting

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pəˈzɛʃən/

Etymology

From Latin possessiō, possessiōnis. Equivalent to possess + -ion.

Sentences

And tomorrow night , they will come into my possession .