material / personal possessions get/take possession of sth to start to use and control goods, a building, or a piece of land, whether you own them or not:
Your possessions are the things that you own or have with you at a particular time. People had lost their homes and all their possessions. She had tidied away her possessions.
- ownership, control, custody, hold, hands, tenure, occupancy, proprietorship These documents are now in the possession of the authorities. 2. province, territory, colony, dominion, protectorate All of these countries were once French possessions.
possessions, [plural] property or wealth. Government a part of the territory of a nation:[countable] islands and other small possessions in the Pacific. control of the ball or puck by a player or team. the right of a team to put the ball into play: The Giants have possession of the ball.
Society without jealousy, greed, or possessions. Britain's former overseas possessions A small, terrified child clutching a satchel with both arms as though it were her most prized possession. They lost their home and all their possessions in the storm.
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.