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How to spell possession

Possession is spelled P-O-S-S-E-S-S-I-O-N. The part people get wrong: double S.

What it means: An item or thing that someone owns.

In a sentence: I have a bright red ball as my favorite possession. ▶

The part people get wrong

Watch for double s, and an unstressed vowel that is hard to hear.

Same family: possessed, possessing, possessive, possessional, self-control. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Possession” comes from Latin *possidere*, meaning “to have and hold,” and originally referred to having control over something; over time, English also used it to describe having control over yourself, leading to the sense of calm self‑control found in the phrase “to keep your possession.”

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