A possession is something that belongs to you. If you've got a special rubber ducky, that’s one of your possessions, and it may even be your prized possession.
The act or state of possessing, or holding as one's own.
Noun
anything owned or possessed
Noun
the act of having and controlling property
Noun
(sport) the act of controlling the ball (or puck); "they took possession of the ball on their own goal line"
Noun
the trait of resolutely controlling your own behavior
Noun
a territory that is controllled by a ruling state
Noun
a mania restricted to one thing or idea
Noun
being controlled by passion or the supernatural
n.
The act or state of possessing, or holding as one's
own.
n.
The having, holding, or detention of property in one's
power or command; actual seizin or occupancy; ownership, whether
rightful or wrongful.
n.
The thing possessed; that which any one occupies, owns,
or controls; in the plural, property in the aggregate; wealth;
dominion; as, foreign possessions.
n.
The state of being possessed or controlled, as by an
evil spirit, or violent passions; madness; frenzy; as, demoniacal
possession.
v. t.
To invest with property.
Possession
When the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions.
Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession.
The house of Jacob shall possess their possessions.4.
How long hath this possession held the man?
Possession
The act or state of possessing, or holding as one's own.
To invest with property.
Usage Examples
Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it.
Each of us have things and thoughts and descriptions of an amazing universe in our possession that kings in the 17th Century would have gone to war to possess.
I have two luxuries to brood over in my walks, your loveliness and the hour of my death. O that I could have possession of them both in the same minute.
Experience teaches us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it is to dislodge them after they have got possession.
Freedom is a possession of inestimable value.
Freedom of choice is more to be treasured than any possession earth can give.
I understand by this passion the union of desire, friendship, and tenderness, which is inflamed by a single female, which prefers her to the rest of her sex, and which seeks her possession as the supreme or the sole happiness of our being.
Elegance is not the prerogative of those who have just escaped from adolescence, but of those who have already taken possession of their future.
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Other Usage ExamplesEvery possession and every happiness is but lent by chance for an uncertain time, and may therefore be demanded back the next hour.
Every man judges his own happiness and satisfaction with life in terms of his possession or lack of possession of those things that he considers worthwhile and valuable.
Happiness is not a possession to be prized, it is a quality of thought, a state of mind.
Every time I took a long leave from home, I felt as if I were going to conquer the world. Or rather, take possession of what is my birthright, my inheritance.
Gentleness, self-sacrifice and generosity are the exclusive possession of no one race or religion.
After it is all over, the religion of man is his most important possession.
Base Ball, to be played thoroughly, requires the possession of muscular strength, great agility, quickness of eye, readiness of hand, and many other faculties of mind and body that mark the man of nerve.
For a creative writer possession of the 'truth' is less important than emotional sincerity.
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