possession

possession
[[t]pəze̱ʃ(ə)n[/t]]
possessions
1) N-UNCOUNT: oft in N of n If you are in possession of something, you have it, because you have obtained it or because it belongs to you. [FORMAL]

Those documents are now in the possession of the Guardian...

We should go up and take possession of the land...

He was also charged with illegal possession of firearms...

Religious pamphlets were found in their possession.

2) N-COUNT: usu pl, poss N Your possessions are the things that you own or have with you at a particular time.

People had lost their homes and all their possessions...

She had tidied away her possessions.

Syn:
3) N-COUNT: usu pl, supp N A country's possessions are countries or territories that it controls. [FORMAL]

All of them were French possessions at one time or another.

...Britain's imperial possessions.

Syn:
colonies
4) N-UNCOUNT Possession by an evil spirit is the situation when a person's mind and body is controlled by an evil spirit.

They were convinced the girls' behaviour was due to possession by the devil.


English dictionary. 2008.

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