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possession
Overview of noun possession
The noun possession has 7 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (10) possession, ownership -- (the act of having and controlling property)
2. (6) possession -- (anything owned or possessed)
3. possession -- (being controlled by passion or the supernatural)
4. monomania, possession -- (a mania restricted to one thing or idea)
5. possession -- (a territory that is controlled by a ruling state)
6. self-control, self-possession, possession, willpower, self-command, self-will -- (the trait of resolutely controlling your own behavior)
7. possession -- ((sport) the act of controlling the ball (or puck); "they took possession of the ball on their own goal line")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun possession
7 senses of possession
Sense 1
possession, ownership
=> control
=> activity
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
possession
=> relation
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
possession
=> enchantment, spell, trance
=> psychological state, mental state
=> condition, status
=> state
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 4
monomania, possession
=> mania, passion, cacoethes
=> irrational motive
=> motivation, motive, need
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 5
possession
=> district, territory, territorial dominion, dominion
=> region
=> location
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 6
self-control, self-possession, possession, willpower, self-command, self-will
=> resoluteness, firmness, firmness of purpose, resolve, resolution
=> trait
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 7
possession
=> control
=> activity
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun possession
4 of 7 senses of possession
Sense 1
possession, ownership
=> actual possession
=> constructive possession
=> criminal possession
=> retention, keeping, holding
Sense 2
possession
=> property, belongings, holding, material possession
=> white elephant
=> transferred property, transferred possession
=> circumstances
=> assets
=> treasure
=> liabilities
Sense 5
possession
HAS INSTANCE=> Macao, Macau
HAS INSTANCE=> British Virgin Islands
HAS INSTANCE=> United States Virgin Islands, American Virgin Islands, VI
HAS INSTANCE=> Gilbert and Ellice Islands
HAS INSTANCE=> Faroe Islands, Faeroe Islands, Faroes, Faeroes
HAS INSTANCE=> French Polynesia, French Oceania
Sense 6
self-control, self-possession, possession, willpower, self-command, self-will
=> nerves
=> presence of mind
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun possession
7 senses of possession
Sense 1
possession, ownership
=> control
Sense 2
possession
=> relation
Sense 3
possession
=> enchantment, spell, trance
Sense 4
monomania, possession
=> mania, passion, cacoethes
Sense 5
possession
=> district, territory, territorial dominion, dominion
Sense 6
self-control, self-possession, possession, willpower, self-command, self-will
=> resoluteness, firmness, firmness of purpose, resolve, resolution
Sense 7
possession
=> control
Antonyms of noun possession
Member Holonyms of noun possession
Substance Holonyms of noun possession
Part Holonyms of noun possession
Member Meronyms of noun possession
Substance Meronyms of noun possession
Part Meronyms of noun possession
Meronyms of noun possession
Holonyms of noun possession
Attributes of noun possession
Derived Forms of noun possession
1 of 7 senses of possession
Sense 1
possession, ownership
RELATED TO>(verb) possess#2
=> own, have, possess
Domain of noun possession
1 of 7 senses of possession
Sense 7
possession
TOPIC>(noun) sport#1, athletics#1
Domain Terms of noun possession
Familiarity of noun possession
possession used as a noun is common (polysemy count =7)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun possession
7 senses of possession
Sense 1
possession, ownership
> control
=> repression
=> crowd control
=> damage control
=> federalization, federalisation
=> flight control
=> flood control
=> imperialism
=> regulation, regulating
=> internal control
=> regulation, regularization, regularisation
=> possession, ownership
=> possession
=> power trip
=> riot control, riot control operation
=> grasping, taking hold, seizing, prehension
=> steering, steerage
=> steering, guidance, direction
=> self-denial, self-discipline, self-control
=> traffic control
=> price-fixing
=> restraint
Sense 2
possession
> relation
=> possession
=> social relation
=> position, spatial relation
=> ownership
=> causality
=> relationship, human relationship
=> function
=> association
=> logical relation
=> mathematical relation
=> foundation
=> connection, connexion, connectedness
=> unconnectedness
=> linguistic relation
=> part, portion, component part, component
=> affinity, kinship
=> kinship, family relationship, relationship
=> magnitude relation, quantitative relation
=> control
=> business relation
=> reciprocality, reciprocity
=> interrelation, interrelationship, interrelatedness
=> temporal relation
=> comparison
=> opposition, oppositeness
=> change
Sense 3
possession
> enchantment, spell, trance
=> possession
=> fascination, captivation
Sense 4
monomania, possession
> mania, passion, cacoethes
=> agromania
=> dipsomania, alcoholism, potomania
=> egomania
=> kleptomania
=> logorrhea, logomania
=> monomania, possession
=> necrophilia, necrophilism, necromania
=> phaneromania
=> pyromania
=> trichotillomania
Sense 5
possession
> district, territory, territorial dominion, dominion
=> administrative district, administrative division, territorial division
=> borderland, border district, march, marchland
=> city district
=> congressional district
=> development
=> enclave
=> palatinate
=> residential district, residential area, community
=> goldfield
=> jurisdiction
=> mandate, mandatory
=> protectorate, associated state
=> possession
=> trust territory, trusteeship
HAS INSTANCE=> Palatinate, Pfalz
HAS INSTANCE=> Athos, Mount Athos
HAS INSTANCE=> Attica
HAS INSTANCE=> Boeotia
HAS INSTANCE=> Papal States
HAS INSTANCE=> Acadia
HAS INSTANCE=> Northwest Territories
HAS INSTANCE=> Nunavut
HAS INSTANCE=> Yukon, Yukon Territory
HAS INSTANCE=> Northern Territory
HAS INSTANCE=> Northern Marianas, Northern Mariana Islands
HAS INSTANCE=> Acre
HAS INSTANCE=> Lake District, Lakeland
HAS INSTANCE=> Galloway
HAS INSTANCE=> Lothian Region
HAS INSTANCE=> East Malaysia
HAS INSTANCE=> Sabah, North Borneo
HAS INSTANCE=> Sarawak
HAS INSTANCE=> West Malaysia
HAS INSTANCE=> Natal, KwaZulu-Natal
HAS INSTANCE=> American Samoa, Eastern Samoa, AS
HAS INSTANCE=> Aragon
HAS INSTANCE=> Castile, Castilla
HAS INSTANCE=> Catalonia
HAS INSTANCE=> Darfur
HAS INSTANCE=> Kordofan
HAS INSTANCE=> Louisiana Purchase
Sense 6
self-control, self-possession, possession, willpower, self-command, self-will
> resoluteness, firmness, firmness of purpose, resolve, resolution
=> self-control, self-possession, possession, willpower, self-command, self-will
=> steadiness
=> sturdiness
=> stiffness
=> stubbornness, bullheadedness, obstinacy, obstinance, pigheadedness, self-will
=> single-mindedness
=> adamance, obduracy, unyieldingness
=> decisiveness, decision
=> determination, purpose
=> steadfastness
Sense 7
possession
> control
=> repression
=> crowd control
=> damage control
=> federalization, federalisation
=> flight control
=> flood control
=> imperialism
=> regulation, regulating
=> internal control
=> regulation, regularization, regularisation
=> possession, ownership
=> possession
=> power trip
=> riot control, riot control operation
=> grasping, taking hold, seizing, prehension
=> steering, steerage
=> steering, guidance, direction
=> self-denial, self-discipline, self-control
=> traffic control
=> price-fixing
=> restraint
Meronyms of noun possession
7 senses of possession
Holonyms of noun possession
Grep of noun possession
actual possession
constructive possession
criminal possession
dispossession
illegal possession
material possession
possession
prepossession
repossession
self-possession
taking possession
transferred possession
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