possession
part of speech
noun (a possession, possessions; also uncountable)
meaning for a pupil
1) Having or owning something. tree →
2) possessions: the things a person owns. tree →
3) (sport) Having control of the ball. tree →
4) (law) Having something illegal on you. tree →
5) Being controlled by a spirit, in stories. tree →
sense in the lessons
In stories and everyday life: "she packed all her possessions". In football, netball and other sports, a team "has possession" of the ball. In grammar, the apostrophe shows possession (the dog's bone). Phrases: in possession of, take possession of, prized possession.
examples
- She packed all her possessions into one bag. tree →
- His bike is his most prized possession. tree →
- Our team had possession of the ball for most of the game. tree →
- The apostrophe in "Sam's hat" shows possession. tree →
- The man was arrested for possession of stolen goods. tree →
- They took possession of the new house. tree →
- In the film, the girl suffers from ghostly possession. tree →
- Thus Jack took possession of the castle. tree →
note
Countable when it means things owned ("my possessions"), uncountable when it means owning. Spelling: double s twice. In grammar lessons, possession is shown with 's: the cat's tail, the girls' coats.
In the corpora
- «Possession» has two pairs of s's, like two pairs of shoes.
- And he had possessions of flocks, and possessions of herds, and a great household; and the Philistines envied him.
- These are the chiefs of Edom, according to their habitations in the land of their possession.
- In this year of jubilee ye shall return every man unto his possession.
- And in all the land of your possession ye shall grant a redemption for the land.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «possession» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.