possession   (Sound)

The noun possession has 7 senses

• possession, ownership -- (the act of having and controlling property)


• possession -- (anything owned or possessed)


• possession -- (being controlled by passion or the supernatural)


• monomania, possession -- (a mania restricted to one thing or idea)


• possession -- (a territory that is controlled by a ruling state)


• self-control, self-possession, possession, willpower, will power, self-command, self-will -- (the trait of resolutely controlling your own behavior)


• possession -- ((sport) the act of controlling the ball (or puck); "they took possession of the ball on their own goal line")