possession

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

• 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

Something that is owned.countableuncountable

• The car quickly became his most prized possession.
• I would gladly give all of my worldly possessions just to be able to do that.

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

• The car is in my possession.
• I'm in possession of the car.

A territory under the rule of another country.countableuncountable

• Réunion is the largest of France's overseas possessions.

The condition or affliction of being possessed by a demon or other supernatural entity.countableuncountable

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

The condition of being under the control of strong emotion or madness.countableuncountable

A control of the ball; the opportunity to be on the offensive.countableuncountable

• The scoreboard shows a little football symbol next to the name of the team that has possession.

A disposal of the ball during a game, i.e. a kick or a handball.countableuncountable

• 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 Clark

A syntactic relationship between two nouns or nominals that may be used to indicate ownership.countableuncountable

• 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.

closure of a section of track for maintenance works.Commonwealthcountableuncountable

To invest with property.obsoletetransitive