how to pronounce possession

/pəˈzɛʃ.ən/

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the above transcription of possession is a detailed (narrow) transcription according to the rules of the International Phonetic Association; you can find a description of each symbol by clicking the phoneme buttons in the secction below.

possession is pronounced in three syllables

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video examples of possession pronunciation

An example use of possession in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… Mark's hair is a prized possession okay …”

meaning of possession

Possession is the act of holding or taking control of something.

possession frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word possession occurs in english on average 28.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics possession can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that possession can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) people, society, and culture;