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Definition of possessive in English: possessiveadjective pəˈzɛsɪvpəˈzɛsɪv 1Demanding someone's total attention and love. has he become jealous or possessive? he placed a firm, possessive hand on her elbow Example sentencesExamples - She's always been so possessive and she just… I don't know.
- That kiss was like nothing I had felt before and not in a nice way, it was possessive, aggressive and demanding… it scared me.
- The men looked away hurriedly when they looked upon the Princess's beauty, and possessive wives quickly drew their husband's attention.
- The mania type of love can be characterized as obsessive in that it is possessive and dependent.
- Although she may claim that her possessive behaviour arises from her love, there might be a need for her to realize that love must be sustained by trust.
- He was overly possessive, and he freaked if I mentioned another guy's name.
- He said yesterday: ‘I have no doubt David loved Ann very much, but it was a possessive and jealous love.’
- People get possessive, and people are not as romantic as they used to be.
- He had never professed love, just a lustful possessive desire that fueled the cruelty in his obsession.
- Other poems present maternal love as liberating, not possessive.
- And that's typically what happens where a mother may be very, very possessive of that child.
- Instead of being demanding and possessive like before, he was a whole new different man.
- I think that men's love is very possessive and involves ownership, competition, and performance.
- You are a very possessive and demanding person, rarely impulsive or casual.
- Does that mean she's already taken by an overly possessive Johnny?
- Now, in some relationships certain parties are very possessive of their partner.
- Others unintentionally sabotage their relationships by exhibiting overly possessive, clinging, dependent behaviour.
- Slowly he was becoming more and more possessive, controlling, demanding.
- His great love remained his mother Louie, a dominating, possessive woman who spoiled and adored her son above everything else.
- She had lot of people who claimed her attention but later on a particular man became more possessive of her and she stopped entertaining others.
Synonyms proprietorial, overprotective, clinging, controlling, dominating, jealous - 1.1 Showing an unwillingness to share one's possessions.
young children are proud and possessive of their own property Example sentencesExamples - There were a lot of books that were in the children's names that were burnt, and children are very possessive of their things.
- An eagle is possessive and once it has caught a fox it will not let go.
- Oh look, I can understand him feeling very possessive about his budget, he's been working on it a long time, but I think he needs to calm down a bit.
- She is very possessive of polar paraphernalia.
- If we were not greedy, possessive creatures why would we need a means to measure our worth?
- A woman can be very possessive about personal accessories.
- Naturally, he is very possessive about his collection.
- Retrograde Scorpio Venus tends to showcase the acquisitive, possessive, less lovely traits of the Tauran shadow.
Synonyms grasping, greedy, acquisitive, covetous, selfish North American informal grabby
2Grammar
Relating to or denoting the case of nouns and pronouns expressing possession. Example sentencesExamples - Relations that are implicit in the semantic structure of a possessed noun can affect the range of plausible interpretations of a possessive construction.
- It's a relational noun, which means that a possessive shows who the noun relates to.
- They can be used as components of compounds, but if they are used on their own they must be used with possessive prefixes.
- The possessive apostrophe disappeared in place names such as ‘Coopers Creek’ decades ago.
- But the evidence shows that possessive apostrophes have been dropping like flies for years.
noun pəˈzɛsɪvpəˈzɛsɪv Grammar 1A possessive word or form. Example sentencesExamples - The rule is a perfectly absurd concoction, which grows out of a basic confusion about parts of speech (possessives are not adjectives, so you can't say ‘It looks John's,’ for example).
- Special problems arise when you create possessives for names already ending in ‘s’.
- Prenominal possessives (John's car, my hat) normally function as definite expressions.
- How do you do a possessive of a registered trademark that is itself already a possessive?
- All three examples are from the very first sentences of their essays; possessives are being used to introduce discourse referents.
- 1.1the possessive The possessive case.
Example sentencesExamples - We all know that in English you form the possessive by adding an apostrophe.
- Actually, today, the possessive and genitive are virtually the same.
- Some linguists believe that English possessive is no longer a case at all, but has become a clitic, an independent particle that is always pronounced as part of the preceding word.
Derivatives adverb pəˈzɛsɪvlipəˈzɛsɪvli I possessively kept them out of my little brother's reach who wanted them only because he saw how much I loved them. Example sentencesExamples - He'd reached up from the back seat and was rubbing my neck, sort of possessively, yet lovingly.
- Women have potentially a bigger capacity to move through people and love freely and not possessively.
- Samuel's arm immediately tightened possessively around her waist.
- He clutched his camera possessively and backed away.
noun pəˈzɛsɪvnəspəˈzɛsɪvnəs The second is neurotic: everyone is liable to instinctive twinges of possessiveness, so lovers shouldn't rub each other's noses in adventures outside their patch. Example sentencesExamples - Some people like to dominate, some are submissive, some can handle possessiveness, for others it would drive them crazy.
- She wanted to overcome anger, possessiveness and jealousy.
- Complications kick in, and previously contained feelings of jealousy, betrayal, insecurity and possessiveness threaten to overwhelm what had seemed a rather civilised arrangement.
- I could put up with his outbursts, the jealousy and possessiveness but not the violence.
Rhymes aggressive, compressive, concessive, degressive, depressive, digressive, excessive, expressive, impressive, obsessive, oppressive, progressive, recessive, regressive, repressive, retrogressive, successive, transgressive Definition of possessive in US English: possessiveadjectivepəˈzɛsɪvpəˈzesiv 1Demanding someone's total attention and love. as soon as she'd been out with a guy a few times, he'd get possessive she was possessive of our eldest son Example sentencesExamples - You are a very possessive and demanding person, rarely impulsive or casual.
- People get possessive, and people are not as romantic as they used to be.
- Slowly he was becoming more and more possessive, controlling, demanding.
- Instead of being demanding and possessive like before, he was a whole new different man.
- She had lot of people who claimed her attention but later on a particular man became more possessive of her and she stopped entertaining others.
- Does that mean she's already taken by an overly possessive Johnny?
- The men looked away hurriedly when they looked upon the Princess's beauty, and possessive wives quickly drew their husband's attention.
- He had never professed love, just a lustful possessive desire that fueled the cruelty in his obsession.
- He said yesterday: ‘I have no doubt David loved Ann very much, but it was a possessive and jealous love.’
- Other poems present maternal love as liberating, not possessive.
- Others unintentionally sabotage their relationships by exhibiting overly possessive, clinging, dependent behaviour.
- His great love remained his mother Louie, a dominating, possessive woman who spoiled and adored her son above everything else.
- He was overly possessive, and he freaked if I mentioned another guy's name.
- And that's typically what happens where a mother may be very, very possessive of that child.
- I think that men's love is very possessive and involves ownership, competition, and performance.
- Although she may claim that her possessive behaviour arises from her love, there might be a need for her to realize that love must be sustained by trust.
- Now, in some relationships certain parties are very possessive of their partner.
- She's always been so possessive and she just… I don't know.
- The mania type of love can be characterized as obsessive in that it is possessive and dependent.
- That kiss was like nothing I had felt before and not in a nice way, it was possessive, aggressive and demanding… it scared me.
Synonyms proprietorial, overprotective, clinging, controlling, dominating, jealous - 1.1 Showing a desire to own things and an unwillingness to share what one already owns.
young children are proud and possessive of their own property Example sentencesExamples - She is very possessive of polar paraphernalia.
- Naturally, he is very possessive about his collection.
- There were a lot of books that were in the children's names that were burnt, and children are very possessive of their things.
- An eagle is possessive and once it has caught a fox it will not let go.
- Oh look, I can understand him feeling very possessive about his budget, he's been working on it a long time, but I think he needs to calm down a bit.
- A woman can be very possessive about personal accessories.
- If we were not greedy, possessive creatures why would we need a means to measure our worth?
- Retrograde Scorpio Venus tends to showcase the acquisitive, possessive, less lovely traits of the Tauran shadow.
Synonyms grasping, greedy, acquisitive, covetous, selfish
2Grammar
Relating to or denoting the case of nouns and pronouns expressing possession. Example sentencesExamples - Relations that are implicit in the semantic structure of a possessed noun can affect the range of plausible interpretations of a possessive construction.
- They can be used as components of compounds, but if they are used on their own they must be used with possessive prefixes.
- The possessive apostrophe disappeared in place names such as ‘Coopers Creek’ decades ago.
- But the evidence shows that possessive apostrophes have been dropping like flies for years.
- It's a relational noun, which means that a possessive shows who the noun relates to.
nounpəˈzɛsɪvpəˈzesiv Grammar 1A possessive word or form. Example sentencesExamples - All three examples are from the very first sentences of their essays; possessives are being used to introduce discourse referents.
- Special problems arise when you create possessives for names already ending in ‘s’.
- How do you do a possessive of a registered trademark that is itself already a possessive?
- The rule is a perfectly absurd concoction, which grows out of a basic confusion about parts of speech (possessives are not adjectives, so you can't say ‘It looks John's,’ for example).
- Prenominal possessives (John's car, my hat) normally function as definite expressions.
- 1.1the possessive The possessive case.
Example sentencesExamples - Actually, today, the possessive and genitive are virtually the same.
- Some linguists believe that English possessive is no longer a case at all, but has become a clitic, an independent particle that is always pronounced as part of the preceding word.
- We all know that in English you form the possessive by adding an apostrophe.
Usage Form the possessive of singulars by adding ’s: Ross's, Fox's, Reese's. A few classical and foreign names are traditional exceptions to this rule, for example, Jesus’ and Euripides,’ which take an apostrophe only. Form the possessive of plurals by adding an apostrophe to the plural form: the Rosses’ house, the Perezes’ car. See also apostrophe, its, and plural |