possession
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pəˈzɛʃn̩/
rhymes: -ɛʃən
Forms: form: possessions
Etymology: From Latin possessiō, possessiōnis. Equivalent to possess + -ion.
Senses: examples: text: Once complete, guide rails will be installed inside the tunnels ready for the box jack itself - which NR intends to push into place during a nine-day engineering possession in September, following a trial push in late August. [...] A small number of weekday and weekend possessions will also be required on June 20-21, September 5-6, and between December 19-March 2021, [...]
ref: 2020 April 8, Paul Stephen, “ECML dive-under drives divergence”, in Rail, page 44:
hyponyms: mortmain
glosses: Control or occupancy of something for which one does not necessarily have private property rights.
examples: text: The car quickly became his most prized possession.
text: I would gladly give all of my worldly possessions just to be able to do that.
synonyms: word: ight
word: property
word: possession
word: belongings
word: owndom
word: aught
glosses: Something that is owned.
examples: text: The car is in my possession.
text: I'm in possession of the car.
synonyms: word: owndom
word: retention
word: owndom
word: ownership
word: possession
word: proprietorship
antonyms: absence
glosses: Ownership; taking, holding, keeping something as one's own.
examples: text: Réunion is the largest of France's overseas possessions.
glosses: A territory under the rule of another country.
examples: text: Back then, people with psychiatric disorders were sometimes thought to be victims of demonic possession.
text: How long hath this possession held the man?
ref: c. 1594 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Comedie of Errors”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:
synonyms: word: enthusiasm
glosses: The condition or affliction of being possessed by a demon or other supernatural entity.
glosses: The condition of being under the control of strong emotion or madness.
examples: text: The scoreboard shows a little football symbol next to the name of the team that has possession.
text: Their first half was marred by the entire side playing too deep, completely unable to build up any form of decent possession once the ball left their bewildered defence.
ref: 2010 December 29, Chris Whyatt, “Chelsea 1 - 0 Bolton”, in BBC:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Control of the ball; the opportunity to be on the offensive.
examples: 2019 In the mix: Who's pushing for selection for round eight? Australian Football League, 7 May 2019. Accessed 7 May 2019.
Defender Colin O'Riordan had 41 possessions in the NEAFL last week to continue his outstanding form, while Ryan Clarke had 47 in the Swans' big loss to Brisbane.
qualifier: Australian rules football
glosses: A disposal of the ball during a game, i.e. a kick or a handball.
examples: text: 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.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A syntactic relationship between two nouns or nominals that may be used to indicate ownership.
Derived terms: adverse possession
catch in possession
chose in possession
debtor in possession
dispossession
fee simple absolute in possession
hostile possession
nonpossession
possessional
possession arrow
possessionary
possessioner
Possession Island
possessionism
possession is nine points of the law
possession is nine-tenths of the law
possessionist
possessionistic
possessionless
possession of interest
possession with intent to supply
possession with the intent to supply
prepossession
repossession
self-possession
take possession