Associations to the word «Possession»

Wiktionary

POSSESSION, noun. Control or occupancy of something for which one does not necessarily have private property rights.

POSSESSION, noun. Something that is owned.

POSSESSION, noun. Ownership; taking, holding, keeping something as one's own.

POSSESSION, noun. A territory under the rule of another country.

POSSESSION, noun. The condition or affliction of being possessed by a demon or other supernatural entity.

POSSESSION, noun. (sports) Control of the ball; the opportunity to be on the offensive.

POSSESSION, noun. (linguistics) A syntactic relationship between two nouns or nominals that may be used to indicate ownership.

POSSESSION, verb. (obsolete) To invest with property.

POSSESSION OF INTEREST, noun. The act of one caring for or one's interest over something.

POSSESSION, noun. The act of having and controlling property.

POSSESSION, noun. Anything owned or possessed.

POSSESSION, noun. Being controlled by passion or the supernatural.

POSSESSION, noun. A mania restricted to one thing or idea.

POSSESSION, noun. A territory that is controlled by a ruling state.

POSSESSION, noun. The trait of resolutely controlling your own behavior.

POSSESSION, noun. (sport) the act of controlling the ball (or puck); "they took possession of the ball on their own goal line".

Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another.

Napoleon Hill