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possessive
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
A possessive form is a word or grammatical construction used to indicate a relationship of possession in a broad sense. This can include strict ownership , or a number of other types of relation to a greater or lesser degree analogous to it. Most European ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. serving to express or indicate possession; "possessive pronouns"; "the genitive endings" [syn: genitive ] desirous of owning; "small children are so possessive they will not let others play with their toys" having or showing a desire to control or ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
mid-15c. (grammatical, also as a noun); 1550s in general use, from Middle French possessif (15c.) "relating to possession, possessive," and directly from Latin possessivus , from possess- , past participle stem of possidere "to possess" (see possess ). ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
I. adjective EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ I broke up with Lyle because he was as possessive as a two-year-old. ▪ She is extremely possessive about her university friends, and doesn't ;like them mixing independently with her workmates. ▪ She was too possessive ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 Of or pertaining to ownership or possession. 2 (context grammar English) Indicating ownership, possession, origin, etc. 3 Unwilling to yield possession of. n. 1 (context grammar English) The possessive case. 2 (context grammar English) A word used ...
Usage examples of possessive.
And then the image of Lache standing in the bar room doorway, his bold, dark eyes curiously possessive, flashed through her mind.
Seabirds cried possessive calls of territoriality, warning others of their kind to keep away from private nesting niches, chiseled in the steep bluffs overlooking Grange Head harbor.
Verbal or Abstract nouns and how they interact with the Genitive and Possessive cases.
I see them Pronouns are not used in possessive constructions in the same way nouns are.
Your man must have been a complete asshole, totally possessive, a bit like that nutter Trevor in Eastenders.
The possessive case of the personal pronouns never take the apostrophe, as ours, yours, hers, theirs.
Perhaps the unnamed lover from Hokkaido was just as possessive toward Wisteria and jealous of her clients as Nitta seemed.
There are also as yet unconfirmed reports of brain damage that results only in the inability to understand the passive voice or prepositional phrases or possessive constructions.
PRONOUNS In addition to the possessive noun suffixes and the pronominal suffixes for verbs, there are nine pronouns which are individual words.
She glanced around the room with distaste and a possessive displeasure at the changes Scriven had made in it.
He might strangle her in fury or in possessive rage, but he would not send a thief to take her from his house, nor would he deal with scum from a barrelhouse for so paltry a reason.
Every protective instinct rose up, every possessive Carpathian trait existing in him, his imprinted instincts all told him she was there.
She was even-tempered but not cowlike, affectionate but not possessive, interested in my work but not nosy.
The genitive refers to a family relationship, the possessive to the current ownership of the house.
He brushed back her disheveled hair and looked at her with eyes that were tender and possessive.