possession

IPA: pʌzˈɛʃʌn

noun

  • Control or occupancy of something for which one does not necessarily have private property rights.
  • Something that is owned.
  • Ownership; taking, 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.
  • (sports) Control of the ball; the opportunity to be on the offensive.
  • (Australian rules football) A disposal of the ball during a game, i.e. a kick or a handball.
  • (linguistics) A syntactic relationship between two nouns or nominals that may be used to indicate ownership.

verb

  • (obsolete) To invest with property.
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