Sekirov Dictionary

possession

/pəˈzɛʃn̩/

noun 10
verb 1
forms 3
phrases 2

noun10

A control or occupancy of something for which one does not necessarily have private property rights.
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a thing that someone owns
- The car quickly became his most prized possession.
- I would gladly give all of my worldly possessions just to be able to do that.
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A territory under the rule of another country.
- Réunion is the largest of France's overseas possessions.
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An ownership; a taking, a holding, keeping something as one's own.
- The car is in my possession.
- I'm in possession of the car.
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A 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 has possession.
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The condition or affliction of being possessed by a demon or other supernatural entity.
- Back then, people with psychiatric disorders were sometimes thought to be victims of demonic possession.
The condition of being under the control of strong emotion or madness.
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A syntactic relationship between two nouns or nominals that may be used to indicate ownership.
- Some languages distinguish between a construction like 'my car', which shows alienable possession — the car could become someone else's — and one like 'my foot', which has inalienable possession — my foot will always be mine.
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A disposal of the ball during a game, i.e. a kick or a handball.
- Defender Colin O'Riordan had 41 possessions in the NEAFL last week to continue his outstanding form, while Ryan Clarke had 47 in the Swans' big loss to Brisbane. — 2019
(Commonwealth) closure of a section of track for maintenance works.

verb1

(no longer used) To invest with property.

forms

possessioned · possessioning · possessions

Phrases with possession

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