possession · Contextualize

Etymology

From Latin possessiō, possessiōnis. Equivalent to possess + -ion.

derived from possessio

Definitions

A control or occupancy of something for which one does not necessarily have private…
A control or occupancy of something for which one does not necessarily have private property rights.
2
Something that is owned.
- The car quickly became his most prized possession.
- I would gladly give all of my worldly possessions just to be able to do that.
3
An ownership
An ownership; a taking, a holding, keeping something as one's own.
- The car is in my possession.
- I'm in possession of the car.
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1. 4
  A territory under the rule of another country.
  - Réunion is the largest of France's overseas possessions.
2. 5
  The condition or affliction of being possessed by a demon or other supernatural entity.
  - Back then, people with psychiatric disorders were sometimes thought to be victims of demonic possession.
  - How long hath this possession held the man?
3. The condition of being under the control of strong emotion or madness.
4. 7
  A control of the ball
  A control of the ball; the opportunity to be on the offensive.
  - The scoreboard shows a little football symbol next to the name of the team that has possession.
  - 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.
5. A disposal of the ball during a game, i.e. a kick or a handball.
6. 9
  A syntactic relationship between two nouns or nominals that may be used to indicate…
  A syntactic relationship between two nouns or nominals that may be used to indicate ownership.
  - 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.
7. To invest with property.

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Derived

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 with intent to supply, possession with the intent to supply, prepossession, repossession, self-possession, take possession, thing in possession

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at possession. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

A definitional loop anchored at possession. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at possession

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