possession
Pronunciation: /pəˈzɛʃn̩/
The English word “possession” has 11 meanings listed here.
noun
- A control or occupancy of something for which one does not necessarily have private property rights.
- Something that is owned.
- An ownership; a taking, a holding, keeping something as one's own.
- A territory under the rule of another country.
- The condition or affliction of being possessed by a demon or other supernatural entity.
- The condition of being under the control of strong emotion or madness.
- A control of the ball; the opportunity to be on the offensive.
- A disposal of the ball during a game, i.e. a kick or a handball.
- A syntactic relationship between two nouns or nominals that may be used to indicate ownership.
- closure of a section of track for maintenance works.
verb
Etymology
From Latin possessiō, possessiōnis. Equivalent to possess + -ion.
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More English words
- possessedness
- possessee
- possessingly
- possessingness
- possession arrow
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- Possession Island
- possession with intent to supply
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