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possessive
/pəˈzɛsɪv/
adjective
adjective: possessive

1. demanding someone's total attention and love.

"has he become jealous or possessive?"

Similar: proprietorial overprotective

showing an unwillingness to share one's

possessions.
"young children are proud and possessive of their
own property"

Similar: grasping greedy acquisitive

2. GRAMMAR
relating to or denoting the case of nouns and
pronouns expressing possession.
noun GRAMMAR
noun: possessive; plural noun: possessives

a possessive word or form.

the possessive case.
noun: the possessive

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POSSESSIVE | meaning in the Cambridge

English Dictionary
5 days ago — If you are possessive about something that
you own, you do not like lending it to other people or sharing
it with other people:.

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Possessive Definition & Meaning |

Dictionary.com
jealously opposed to the personal independence of, or to
any influence other than one's own upon, a child, spouse,
etc. · desirous of possessing, especially ...

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Possessive definition and meaning |

Collins English Dictionary
In grammar, a possessive determiner or possessive adjective
is a word such as 'my' or 'her' which shows who or what
something belongs to or is connected ...

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Possessive Definition & Meaning -

Merriam-Webster
1 : being or belonging to the case of a noun or pronoun that
shows possession "His" is a possessive pronoun. 2 :
showing the desire to possess or control : ...

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Possessive - Definition, Meaning &

Synonyms | Vocabulary.com
Being possessive means you're being a little selfish about
people or things in your life: you're clinging to them tightly
and saying "Mine!".

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Possessive definition · A possessive form or construction. ·
Of possession, or ownership. · Having or manifesting a
desire to control or dominate another, ...

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Examples in Grammar - ThoughtCo
2 Jul 2018 — A possessive pronoun is a pronoun that can
take the place of a noun phrase to show ownership. Learn
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Longman Dictionary
possessive ; possessivepossessive2 noun [countable] ;
technicalSLG an adjective, pronoun, or form of a word that
shows that something belongs to someone or ...

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Possessive - Wikipedia
A possessive or ktetic form is a word or grammatical
construction used to indicate a relationship of possession in
a broad sense.

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