Possession

Definition

possession /pǝ'zeʃn/ n ၁။ [U] (က) လက္ဝယ္ရိွျခင္း။ ရရိွျခင္း။ caught in possession of stolen goods ❍ one of the many treasures in their possession ❍ fight for/win/get possession of the ball ❍ The possession of a passport is essential for foreign travel. ❍ On her father's death, she came into possession of a vast fortune. ❍ You cannot legally take possession of the property until three weeks after the contract is signed. (ခ) ( infml ) (တရားမဝင္ မူးယစ္ေဆး) လက္ဝယ္ထားရိွျခင္း။ charged with possession. See also VACANT POSSESSION ၂။ [C esp pl ] ပိုင္ဆိုင္သည့္ ပစၥည္း၊ ဥစၥာ။ her most prized/treasured possessions ❍ He lost all his possessions in the fire. ၃။ [C] လက္ေအာက္ခံႏိုင္ငံ။ The former colonial possessions are now independent states.

Examples

1. Their family home and possessions were destroyed in the fire.
2. All your worldly possessions (=everything that you own)
3. [a prized/treasured possession] : Her most prized possession is a locket that she wears constantly.
4. [possession of] : The seller is entitled to retain possession of the goods until they are paid for.
5. The brothers were caught in possession of stolen property.
6. She was arrested for possession of drugs.