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How to pronounce possession in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms self-command, self-control, self-possession, self-will, will power, willpower
Type of firmness of purpose, resolve, resoluteness, resolution, firmness
Has types presence of mind, nerves
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Synonyms ownership
Type of control
Has types keeping, criminal possession, actual possession, constructive possession, holding, retention
Derivation possess
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Synonyms monomania
Type of mania, cacoethes, passion
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Type of relation
Has types circumstances, property, assets, white elephant, belongings, treasure, transferred property, transferred possession, holding, liabilities
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Type of territory, territorial dominion, district, dominion
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Type of trance, enchantment, spell
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Type of control


they took possession of the ball on their own goal line.

Examples of possession

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The legislation makes mail theft and possession of stolen mail a Class C felony.
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Jordan Tonani capped the possession with a 2-yard touchdown run for a 21-0 lead.
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In addition, the 15-year-old faces a charge of unlawful possession of a firearm.
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Oregon spread out the Bruins, and Jones didn't move his feet on that possession.
From the dailynews.com
On one possession, for example, Sydney Johnson misfired from the top of the key.
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It also charges that on Tuesday, Callahan was in possession of a stolen firearm.
From the edition.cnn.com
Lakes took possession of the ball midway through the fourth quarter leading 7-0.
From the dailyherald.com
Florida extended the lead to 17-7 on its second possession of the third quarter.
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Washington answered with a quick-strike score of its own on the next possession.
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More examples
  • The act of having and controlling property
  • Anything owned or possessed
  • Being controlled by passion or the supernatural
  • Monomania: a mania restricted to one thing or idea
  • A territory that is controlled by a ruling state
  • Self-control: the trait of resolutely controlling your own behavior
  • Besu00E6ttelse (English: Possession) is a 1944 Danish film noir directed by Bodil Ipsen and starring Johannes Meyer and Berthe Qvistgaard. Based upon a novel by Hans Severensen, the film is a dark psychological drama about an aging businessman whose erotic obsession with a cynical young woman leads to his eventual downfall.
  • Possession is a 1981 French-German horror drama directed by Andrzej u017Buu0142awski and starring Isabelle Adjani and Sam Neill. The plot obliquely follows the relationship between an international spy and his wife, who begins exhibiting increasingly disturbing behavior after asking him for a divorce...
  • Possession is a 2002 American/British romantic/mystery drama film written and directed by Neil LaBute, based on the novel by A. S. Byatt.