possession - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'possession' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Possession

[ n.]

- The act or state of possessing, or holding as one's own.
- The having, holding, or detention of property in one's power or command; actual seizin or occupancy; ownership, whether rightful or wrongful.
- The thing possessed; that which any one occupies, owns, or controls; in the plural, property in the aggregate; wealth; dominion; as, foreign possessions.
- The state of being possessed or controlled, as by an evil spirit, or violent passions; madness; frenzy; as, demoniacal possession.

2 . Possession

[ v. t.]

- To invest with property.

Meaning of 'possession' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . possession

[ n]

Meaning (1):
- (sport) the act of controlling the ball (or puck)

Example in sentence:

they took possession of the ball on their own goal line

Nearby Words:

pose posed poser posied posies posing posingly posit posited positing

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Possession
Possession is the feeling of being taken over by some external force .A common symptom of psychosis in our culture and religious ecstasy in others.
Possessions Corporation
Possessions Corporation refers to a U.S. corporation, the subsidiary of another U.S. corporation, which for tax purposes is treated as if it were a foreign corporation.

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