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Control or occupancy of something for which one does not necessarily have private property rights.
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Something that is owned.
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I would gladly give all of my worldly possessions just to be able to do that.
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Ownership; taking, holding, keeping something as one's own.
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I'm in possession of the car.
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A territory under the rule of another country.
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Réunion is the largest of France's overseas possessions.
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The condition or affliction of being possessed by a demon or other supernatural entity.
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Back then, people with psychiatric disorders were sometimes thought to be victims of demonic possession.
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The condition of being under the control of strong emotion or madness.
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Control of the ball; the opportunity to be on the offensive.
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The scoreboard shows a little football symbol next to the name of the team that has possession.
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A disposal of the ball during a game, i.e. a kick or a handball.
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A syntactic relationship between two nouns or nominals that may be used to indicate ownership.
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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.