Possession can be categorized as a noun.
Verb |
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| possession - To invest with property. | ||
Noun |
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| possession - anything owned or possessed | ||
| possession - the act of having and controlling property | ||
| possession - a territory that is controlled by a ruling state | ||
| possession - (sport) the act of controlling the ball (or puck); "they took possession of the ball on their own goal line" | ||
| possession - being controlled by passion or the supernatural | ||
| possession - the trait of resolutely controlling your own behavior | ||
| possession - a mania restricted to one thing or idea |
| # | Sentence | ||
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| 1. | noun | They took possession of the ball on their own goal line. | |
| 2. | noun | Prospect is often better than possession. | |
| 3. | noun | Possession is nine points of the law. | |
| 4. | noun | I have never had more than $500 in my possession. | |
| 5. | noun | The possession of intellect is what distinguishes us from wild animals. | |
| 6. | noun | He is in possession of this land. | |
| 7. | noun | It is preoccupation with possession, more than anything else, that prevents men from living freely and nobly. | |
| 8. | noun | Our health is our most precious possession. | |
| 9. | noun | The ball is that boy's prized possession. | |
| 10. | noun | Portugal has decriminalized the personal possession of drugs. | |
| 11. | noun | Adam spent 3 years in jail for drug possession. | |
| 12. | noun | It is one thing to show a man that he is in error, and another to put him in possession of the truth. | |
| 13. | noun | He has in his possession films that were never distributed to cinemas to protect them against piracy. | |
| 14. | noun | Today, their efforts have paid off and they are in possession of conclusive evidence, an achievement which is indeed commendable. | |
| 15. | noun | It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife. |
| Sentence | |
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| They took possession of the ball on their own goal line. |
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| Prospect is often better than possession. | |
| Possession is nine points of the law. | |
| I have never had more than $500 in my possession. | |
| The possession of intellect is what distinguishes us from wild animals. | |
| He is in possession of this land. | |
| It is preoccupation with possession, more than anything else, that prevents men from living freely and nobly. | |
| Our health is our most precious possession. | |
| The ball is that boy's prized possession. | |
| Portugal has decriminalized the personal possession of drugs. | |
| Adam spent 3 years in jail for drug possession. | |
| It is one thing to show a man that he is in error, and another to put him in possession of the truth. | |
| He has in his possession films that were never distributed to cinemas to protect them against piracy. | |
| Today, their efforts have paid off and they are in possession of conclusive evidence, an achievement which is indeed commendable. | |
| It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife. | |