Meaning of possession | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A control or occupancy of something for which one does not necessarily have private property rights
2. A control or occupancy of something for which one does not necessarily have private property rights.
   countable, uncountable
3. Something that is owned
4. Something that is owned.
   countable, uncountable
5. The condition of being dominated by an evil spirit.
6. An ownership; a taking, a holding, keeping something as one's own
7. An ownership; a taking, a holding, keeping something as one's own.
   countable, uncountable
8. to own or have. How much money does he possess? besit يَمْلُك، يَمْتَلِك притежавам possuir mít, vlastnit besitzen eje έχωposeer, tener en su haber, tener valdama دارا بودن؛ داشتن omistaa posséder לְהַחֲזִיק का स्वामी या मालिक होना posjedovati, imati birtokol, van neki memiliki eiga possedere 所有する 소유하다 turėti, valdyti būt; piederēt memiliki bezittenbesitte, eie, haposiadać لرل، درلودل possuir a avea, a poseda владеть, обладать mať, vlastniť imeti posedovati äga, ha, besitta ครอบครอง sahip olm...
9. A territory under the rule of another country
10. A territory under the rule of another country.
    countable, uncountable
11. besitlik بِصورَة تمَلُّكِيَّه със силно чувство за собственост possessivamente sobecky possessiv besiddende; dominerende κτητικά de manera posesiva omanikuinstinktiga بطور ملکی omistushaluisesti de manière possessive בְּצוּרָה רְכוּשָנִית अधिकार सहित posesivan birtokolni vágyó módon secara posesif með drottnunargirni in maniera possessiva がめつく 소유욕이 강하게 savininkiškai valdonīgi dgn sifat yg tdk mahu berkongsi met een bezittelijke betekenis, bezitterigbegjærlig zaborczo په ملكى ډول possessivamen...
12. The condition or affliction of being possessed by a demon or other supernatural entity
13. The condition or affliction of being possessed by a demon or other supernatural entity.
    countable, uncountable
14. besitlikheid تَمَلُّك силно чувство за собственост possessividade chtivost, sobectví die Besessenheit besiddertrang κτητικότητα posesividad, carácter posesivo omanikuinstinkt تملک گرایی omistushalu possessivitéרכושנות स्वत्वबोधकता posesivnost birtokvágy sifat posesif drottnunargirni possessività 所有欲 소유욕이 강함 savininkiškumas valdonīgums sifat tdk mahu berkongsi bezitterigheid begjærlighet zaborczość ملكيت غوښتنه carácter possessivo posesivitate; caracter posesiv чувство собственности chtivosť, ...
15. The condition of being under the control of strong emotion or madness.
    countable, uncountable
16. He is the proud possessor of a new car. besitter, eienaar مالِك притежател possuidor majitel der/die Besitzer(in) ejer ιδιοκτήτης, κάτοχοςposeedor; propietario omanik مالک omistaja propriétaireבעל स्वामी, मालिक, दखलदार, कब्जेदार, भोक्ता posjednik tulajdonos pemilik eigandi proprietario 所有者 소유자 savininkas īpašnieks pemilik eigenaareier, innehaverposiadacz مالك possuidor proprietar, posesor владелец, обладатель majiteľ imetnik vlasnik ägare, innehavare เจ้าของ sahip 佔有者 власник مالک chủ nhân 占有者
17. A control of the ball; the opportunity to be on the offensive.
    countable, uncountable
18. posesión.
19. A disposal of the ball during a game, i.e. a kick or a handball.
    countable, uncountable
20. The act or fact of possessing.
21. A syntactic relationship between two nouns or nominals that may be used to indicate ownership.
    countable, uncountable
22. Something owned or possessed: removed his possessions from the desk.
23. Law a. Power or control over something: possession of a firearm.
    Law
24. The state of being dominated or controlled by a demon or spirit.

Equivalents

Examples

“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, [...]”

“The car quickly became his most prized possession.”

“I would gladly give all of my worldly possessions just to be able to do that.”

“The car is in my possession.”

“I'm in possession of the car.”

“Réunion is the largest of France's overseas possessions.”

“Back then, people with psychiatric disorders were sometimes thought to be victims of demonic possession.”

“How long hath this possession held the man?”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

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