The meaning of POSSESSION is the act or condition of having or taking into control. How to use possession in a sentence.

POSSESSION definition: 1. the fact that you have or own something: 2. something that you own or that you are carrying…. Learn more.

POSSESSION definition: the act or fact of possessing. See examples of possession used in a sentence.

Definition of possession noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

1. the act of possessing or state of being possessed: in possession of the crown.

A possession is something that belongs to you. If you've got a special rubber ducky, that’s one of your possessions, and it may even be your prized possession.

If you are in possession of something, you have it, because you have obtained it or because it belongs to you.