possessive - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'possessive' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Possessive

[ a.]

- Of or pertaining to possession; having or indicating possession.

2 . Possessive

[ n.]

- The possessive case.
- A possessive pronoun, or a word in the possessive case.

1 . possessive

[ a]

Meaning (1):
- serving to express or indicate possession

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2 . possessive

[ s]

Meaning (2):
- having or showing a desire to control or dominate

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Meaning (3):
- desirous of owning

Example in sentence:

pose posed poser posied posies posing posingly posit posited positing

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