possession

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a territory that is controlled by a ruling state

   Guam is a US Possession.

2. 2
   noun

   anything owned or possessed

   They were very proud of their possessions.

3. 3
   noun

   the act of having and controlling property

   Possession is nine tenths of the law.

4. 4
   noun

   in sports, the act of controlling the ball or puck

   They took possession of the ball on their own goal line.

5. 5
   noun

   A control or occupancy of something for which one does not necessarily have private property rights.

   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, [...]

6. 6
   noun

   Something that is owned.

   The car quickly became his most prized possession.

7. 7
   noun

   An ownership; a taking, a holding, keeping something as one's own.

   The car is in my possession.

8. 8
   noun

   A territory under the rule of another country.

   Réunion is the largest of France's overseas possessions.

Etymology

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