English-Portuguese translations for possession

• possessão
• posse
  Por que razão faço referência à posse, caros colegas?Why do I talk about possession, ladies and gentleman?
  Neste sentido, a posse de reservas é uma questão básica de segurança nacional. In this respect the possession of reserves is a matter of basic national security.
  A posse de uma certificação válida é uma exigência fundamental. The possession of valid certification is a key requirement.
• domínio
• invasão
• pertence
• poder
  Tenho em meu poder uma resposta por escrito do Comissário Rehn sobre o memorando de entendimento com a Grécia. I have in my possession a written reply from Commissioner Rehn concerning the Memorandum with Greece.
  Segundo dados que tenho em meu poder, quem está por detrás desta destabilização são fundamentalistas islâmicos. According to data in my possession, radical Islamists are behind this destabilisation.
  Espero que tenhamos acesso aos factos o mais rapidamente possível, de modo a podermos conceder quitação rapidamente. I hope that we will soon be in possession of the facts, so that we will soon be able to give discharge.

Definition of possession

• Control or occupancy of something for which one does not necessarily have private property rights
• Something that is owned
• Ownership; taking, holding, keeping something as one's own
• A territory under the rule of another country
• The condition or affliction of being possessed by a demon or other supernatural entity
• The condition of being under the control of strong emotion or madness
• A disposal of the ball during a game, i.e. a kick or a handball
• A syntactic relationship between two nouns or nominals that may be used to indicate ownership
• To invest with property

Examples

• The car quickly became his most prized possession.
• I would gladly give all of my worldly possessions just to be able to do that.
• The car is in my possession.
• Im in possession of the car.
• Réunion is the largest of Frances overseas possessions.
• Back then, people with psychiatric disorders were sometimes thought to be victims of demonic possession.
• The scoreboard shows a little football symbol next to the name of the team that has possession.
• Some languages distinguish between a construction like my car, which shows alienable possession — the car could become someone elses — and one like my foot, which has inalienable possession — my foot will always be mine.

Related words

• possessions
• self-possession
• repossession
• dispossession
• right of possession
• adverse possession
• take possession
• proprietary possession
• take possession of, enter into