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# possession

«possession» in Mova's school dictionary: **Having or owning something** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a possession, possessions; also uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Having or owning something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/possession/#m1)

2) possessions: the things a person owns. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/possession/#m2)

3) (sport) Having control of the ball. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/possession/#m3)

4) (law) Having something illegal on you. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/possession/#m4)

5) Being controlled by a spirit, in stories. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/possession/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In stories and everyday life: "she packed all her possessions". In football, netball and other sports, a team "has possession" of the ball. In grammar, the apostrophe shows possession (the dog's bone). Phrases: in possession of, take possession of, prized possession.

### examples

- She packed all her possessions into one bag. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/possession/#x1)
- His bike is his most prized possession. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/possession/#x2)
- Our team had possession of the ball for most of the game. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/possession/#x3)
- The apostrophe in "Sam's hat" shows possession. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/possession/#x4)
- The man was arrested for possession of stolen goods. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/possession/#x5)
- They took possession of the new house. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/possession/#x6)
- In the film, the girl suffers from ghostly possession. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/possession/#x7)
- Thus Jack took possession of the castle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/possession/#x8)

### note

Countable when it means things owned ("my possessions"), uncountable when it means owning. Spelling: double s twice. In grammar lessons, possession is shown with 's: the cat's tail, the girls' coats.

### In the corpora

- [«Possession» has two pairs of s's, like two pairs of shoes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/13-words-to-know-years-3-4/10/)
- [And he had possessions of flocks, and possessions of herds, and a great household; and the Philistines envied him.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.747/)
- [These are the chiefs of Edom, according to their habitations in the land of their possession.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1173/)
- [In this year of jubilee ye shall return every man unto his possession.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.746/)
- [And in all the land of your possession ye shall grant a redemption for the land.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.757/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «possession» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/possession/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.