be in possession of all one's faculties

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• possession — noun 1 STH YOU OWN (countable usually plural) something that someone owns and keeps or uses themselves: The police went through all the dead girl s possessions. | I packed my remaining possessions into the trunk. 2 STATE OF HAVING STH (U) formal… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• all — predeterminer, determiner, & pronoun the whole quantity or extent of. ↘[det.] any whatever. ↘[det.] the greatest possible. ↘[pronoun] everything. adverb 1》 completely. 2》 (in games) used after a number to indicate an equal score. Phrases all… …   English new terms dictionary

• all there with negative — informal in full possession of one s mental faculties: he s not quite all there. → all …   English new terms dictionary

• all there — adjective 1. : in full possession of one s mental faculties : sane behaved in such a way as to make one wonder if he was quite all there not often in formal use 2. slang : alert and well informed : quick witted …   Useful english dictionary

• possession — pos|ses|sion W3 [pəˈzeʃən] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(having something)¦ 2¦(something you own)¦ 3¦(crime)¦ 4¦(sport)¦ 5¦(country)¦ 6¦(evil spirits)¦ 7 in (full) possession of your faculties/senses 8 possession is nine tenths of the law ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1.) …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• possession — pos|ses|sion [ pə zeʃn ] noun ** ▸ 1 something you own ▸ 2 having/owning something ▸ 3 having something illegal ▸ 4 country governed ▸ 5 when spirit controls someone ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) count usually plural something that you own: Their family home… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• possession */*/ — UK [pəˈzeʃ(ə)n] / US noun Word forms possession : singular possession plural possessions 1) [countable, usually plural] something that you own Their family home and possessions were destroyed in the fire. all your worldly possessions (=… …   English dictionary

• Demonic possession — Part of a series of articles on the paranormal Main articles Afterlife · Astral projection · Aura · Clairvoyance · Close encounter · Cold spo …   Wikipedia

• faculty — /ˈfækəlti / (say fakuhltee) noun (plural faculties) 1. an ability, natural or acquired, for a particular kind of action. 2. one of the powers of the mind, as memory, reason, speech, etc.: the mental faculties; be in full possession of all one s… …  

• get it all together — {v. phr.} 1. To be in full possession and control of one s mental faculties; have a clear purpose well pursued. * /You ve sure got it all together, haven t you?/ 2. Retaining one s self composure under pressure. * /A few minutes after the… …   Dictionary of American idioms

• get it all together — {v. phr.} 1. To be in full possession and control of one s mental faculties; have a clear purpose well pursued. * /You ve sure got it all together, haven t you?/ 2. Retaining one s self composure under pressure. * /A few minutes after the… …   Dictionary of American idioms