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Synonyms for possession

Grammar : Noun
Spell : puh-zesh-uhn
Phonetic Transcription : pəˈzɛʃ ən

Top 10 synonyms for possession
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Définition of possession

Origin :
  • mid-14c., "act or fact of possessing, a taking possession, occupation," also "thing possessed, that which is possessed," from Old French possession "fact of having and holding; what is possessed;" also "demonic possession," and directly from Latin possessionem (nominative possessio), noun of action from past participle stem of possidere "to possess" (see possess). Legal property sense is earliest; demonic sense first recorded 1580s. Phrase possession is nine (or eleven) points of the law is out of a supposed 10 (or 12). With eleven from 1640s; with nine from 1690s.
  • noun control, ownership
  • noun something owned; property
Example sentences :
  • He was a farmer's son, and seldom had any money in his possession.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • Had they still been in his possession, that would have been some compensation.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • They fought each other for the possession of this wonderful land.
  • Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
  • On the invasion of William, as we have seen, it was in the possession of Edwin, sovereign of Deira.
  • Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
  • There are consciousnesses of lack which carry more bliss than any possession.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • The office had been closed, owing to a death, and Palmer was in possession of a holiday.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • In what does not regard the possession of her, concedo; but in what regards it, nego.
  • Extract from : « The Imaginary Invalid » by Molire
  • He had not once laid it down since it had come into his possession.
  • Extract from : « Rico and Wiseli » by Johanna Spyri
  • And all this knowledge was in Crane's possession alone, to use as he wished.
  • Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
  • And just how did you come into possession of this, young lady?
  • Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter

Antonyms for possession

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