OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 12801

possession

/pəˈzɛʃn̩/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
posesión
A control or occupancy of something for which one does not necessarily have private property rights.
Once complete, guide rails will be installed inside the tunnels ready for the box jack itself - which NR intends to push into place during a nine-day engineering possession in Sept…
posesión
Something that is owned.
I would gladly give all of my worldly possessions just to be able to do that.
The car quickly became his most prized possession.
posesión • posesión civil • posesión natural • tenencia
An ownership; a taking, a holding, keeping something as one's own.
I'm in possession of the car.
The car is in my possession.
posesiones
A territory under the rule of another country.
Réunion is the largest of France's overseas possessions.
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