English noun: possession |
1. | possession (act) the act of having and controlling property |
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| Synonyms | ownership |
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| Broader (hypernym) | control |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | actual possession, constructive possession, criminal possession, holding, keeping, retention |
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2. | possession anything owned or possessed |
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| Broader (hypernym) | relation |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | assets, belongings, circumstances, holding, liabilities, property, transferred possession, transferred property, treasure, white elephant |
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3. | possession (state) being controlled by passion or the supernatural |
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| Broader (hypernym) | enchantment, spell, trance |
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4. | possession (motive) a mania restricted to one thing or idea |
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| Synonyms | monomania |
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| Broader (hypernym) | cacoethes, mania, passion |
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5. | possession (location) a territory that is controlled by a ruling state |
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| Broader (hypernym) | district, dominion, territorial dominion, territory |
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| Instance hyponym | American Virgin Islands, British Virgin Islands, Faeroe Islands, Faeroes, Faroe Islands, Faroes, French Oceania, French Polynesia, Gilbert and Ellice Islands, Macao, Macau, United States Virgin Islands, VI |
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6. | possession (attribute) the trait of resolutely controlling your own behavior |
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| Synonyms | self-command, self-control, self-possession, self-will, will power, willpower |
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| Broader (hypernym) | firmness, firmness of purpose, resoluteness, resolution, resolve |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | nerves, presence of mind |
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7. | possession (act) (sport) the act of controlling the ball (or puck) |
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| Samples | They took possession of the ball on their own goal line.
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| Broader (hypernym) | control |
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| Domain category | athletics, sport |
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