possession

Plural: possessions

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 controlled by a ruling state
• the trait of resolutely controlling your own behavior
• (sport) the act of controlling the ball (or puck)
  • "they took possession of the ball on their own goal line"
• 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.
• 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.

Verb

• To invest with property.

Examples

• Back then, people with psychiatric disorders were sometimes thought to be victims of demonic possession.
• I would gladly give all of my worldly possessions just to be able to do that.
• I'm in possession of the car.
• Réunion is the largest of France's overseas possessions.
• 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.
• The car is in my possession.
• The car quickly became his most prized possession.
• The scoreboard shows a little football symbol next to the name of the team that has possession.

Synonyms

monomania, ownership, self-command, self-control, self-possession, self-will, will power, willpower, aught, belongings, enthusiasm, ight, owndom, possession, property, proprietorship, retention

Antonyms

absence