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1. (adj.) possessive
desiring to dominate or be the only influence on someone.
2. possessive
of or pertaining to possession or ownership.
3. possessive
indicating possession, ownership, origin, etc., as Jane's in Jane's coat. His in his book is a possessive adjective. His in The book is his is a possessive pronoun.
4. (n.) possessive
the possessive case.
5. possessive
a possessive form or construction.
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| Definition of 'possessive' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) genitive, genitive case, possessive, possessive case
the case expressing ownership
2. (adj) possessive, genitive
serving to express or indicate possession
"possessive pronouns"; "the genitive endings"
3. (adj) possessive
desirous of owning
"small children are so possessive they will not let others play with their toys"
4. (adj) possessive
having or showing a desire to control or dominate
"a possessive parent"
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| Definition of 'possessive' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) possessive
of or pertaining to possession; having or indicating possession
2. (noun) possessive
the possessive case
3. (noun) possessive
a possessive pronoun, or a word in the possessive case
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Sense: showing that someone or something possesses an object etc
`Yours', `mine', `his', `hers', `theirs' are possessive pronouns; `your', `my', `his', `their' are possessive adjectives.
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 Afrikaans: besitlik |
 Arabic: يَشير إلى الملكيَّه |
 Bulgarian: притежателен |
 Brazilian: possessivo |
 Czech: přivlastňovací |
 German: possessiv |
 Danish: min; dit; hans; hendes; d |
 Greek: κτητικός (γραμμ.) |
 Spanish: posesivo |
 Estonian: omastav |
 Farsi: ملکی |
 Finnish: possessiivi- |
 French: possessif |
 Hebrew: שַׁייָכוּת |
 Hindi: स्वत्वबोधक |
 Croatian: posvojna zamjenica |
 Hungarian: birtokos |
 Indonesian: kata ganti empunya |
 Icelandic: eignar- |
 Italian: possessivo |
 Japanese: 所有格 |
 Korean: 소유격의 |
 Lithuanian: savybinis |
 Latvian: piederības- |
 Malay: milik |
 Dutch: bezittelijk |
 Norwegian: eie- |
 Polish: dzierżawczy |
 Persian: ملکی |
 Pashto: ملكى |
 Portuguese: possessivo |
 Romanian: posesiv |
 Russian: притяжательный |
 Slovak: privlastňovací |
 Slovenian: svojilen |
 Serbian: posesivan |
 Swedish: possessiv |
 Thai: แสดงความเป็นเจ้าของ |
 Turkish: iyelik (gösteren) |
 Taiwanese: 所有格的 |
 Ukrainian: присвійний |
 Urdu: حالت اضافي |
 Vietnamese: sở hữu |
 Chinese: 所有格的 |
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