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TAKING POSSESSION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does taking possession mean? 

TAKING POSSESSION (noun)
  The noun TAKING POSSESSION has 1 sense:

1. the act of occupying or taking possession of a building

  Familiarity information: TAKING POSSESSION used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TAKING POSSESSION (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of occupying or taking possession of a building

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

moving in; taking possession; occupancy; occupation

Context example:

occupation of a building without a certificate of occupancy is illegal

Hypernyms ("taking possession" is a kind of...):

acquiring; getting (the act of acquiring something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "taking possession"):

preoccupancy; preoccupation (the act of taking occupancy before someone else does)


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