Meaning

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

• Something that is owned.

  "I would gladly give all of my worldly possessions just to be able to do that."

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

  "I'm in possession of the car."

• A territory under the rule of another country.

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

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

  "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.

• Control of the ball; the opportunity to be on the offensive.

  "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.

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

  "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."

Meaning

• To invest with property.