possession
pronunciation
How to pronounce possession in British English:
UK [pəˈzeʃn]
How to pronounce possession in American English:
US [pəˈzeʃn]
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- Noun:
- the act of having and controlling property
- anything owned or possessed
- being controlled by passion or the supernatural
- a mania restricted to one thing or idea
- a territory that is controllled by a ruling state
- the trait of resolutely controlling your own behavior
- (sport) the act of controlling the ball (or puck)
Word Origin
- possession (n.)
- mid-14c., "act or fact of possessing, a taking possession, occupation," also "thing possessed, that which is possessed," from Old French possession "fact of having and holding; what is possessed;" also "demonic possession," and directly from Latin possessionem (nominative possessio), noun of action from past participle stem of possidere "to possess" (see possess). Legal property sense is earliest; demonic sense first recorded 1580s. Phrase possession is nine (or eleven) points of the law is out of a supposed 10 (or 12). With eleven from 1640s; with nine from 1690s.
Example
- 1. Several allow possession of small personal doses of drugs .
- 2. The tarrant county clerk 's office accepted about 60 of these adverse possession filings this year before it stopped taking them .
- 3. What is the most treasured possession in your office ?
- 4. Fearing a russian attack on its most treasured possession , britain looked to secure kabul .
- 5. What is your most treasured possession ?