possession
the act of having and controlling property
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,306 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 14,014 times across 175,160 chapters — 0.007% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- the act of having and controlling property also: ownership
- anything owned or possessed
- being controlled by passion or the supernatural
- a mania restricted to one thing or idea also: monomania
- a territory that is controlled by a ruling state
- the trait of resolutely controlling your own behavior also: self-control, self-possession, willpower, will power, self-command, self-will
possession in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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The new landlord was most anxious to take possession.
Punch — Volume 99, August 16, 1890 · Various · Chapter 1
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The town and fortifications were then taken possession of.
The pirates own book · Charles Ellms · Chapter 1
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Those two little volumes became at once his most priceless possession and the foundation of his first library.
The Soul of a Child · Edwin Björkman · Chapter 1
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In the honest minds of the Cupps, she had become a sort of possession of which they were proud.
Emily Fox-Seton · Frances Hodgson Burnett · Chapter 1
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She wondered how she could have allowed that love, which was now her very life, to take possession of her soul.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1