possessive


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
possessive/pəˈzesɪv/
adjective
  • 1 demanding someone's total attention and love.
  • 2 showing an unwillingness to share one's possessions.
  • 3 Grammar relating to or denoting the case of nouns and pronouns expressing possession.
– derivatives
possessively adverb,
possessiveness noun.
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