Possession is all about control: if you have possession of something, you own it, or have your hands on it. If your house keys are in your possession, you know where they are. In soccer being in possession means having control of the ball; in hockey, it's having your stick on the puck.
If you are in possession of something, you have it, because you have obtained it or because it belongs to you. formal Those documents are now in the possession of the Washington Post. He was also charged with illegal possession of firearms.
March 2020. In linguistics, possession is an asymmetric relationship between two constituents, the referent of one of which (the possessor) in some sense possesses (owns, has as a part, rules over, etc.) the referent of the other (the possessed).
1. uncountable noun. If you are in possession of something, you have it, because you have obtained it or because it belongs to you. formal Those documents are now in the possession of the Guardian.
Possession (noun as in control, ownership) Strongest match. custody. Strong matches. dominion hold occupancy occupation proprietary proprietorship retention tenancy tenure title.