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possessive
adjective(pos-ses-sive)
of, relating to, or constituting a word, a word group, or a grammatical case that denotes ownership or a relation analogous to ownership
possessive
adjective(pos-ses-sive)
manifesting possession or the desire to own or dominate
possessive
noun(pos-ses-sive)
a possessive word or word group
possessive
noun(pos-ses-sive)
the possessive case
possessive
noun(pos-ses-sive)
a word in the possessive case
possessive
noun(pos-ses-sive)
a pronominal adjective expressing possession
possessive
noun(pos-ses-sive)
a pronoun that derives from a personal pronoun and denotes possession and analogous relationships
possessive
noun(pos-ses-sive)
the form of a word that shows possession or belonging
possessive
noun(pos-ses-sive)
a syntactic construction in English in which possession is marked both by the preposition of and a noun or pronoun in the possessive case (as in "A friend of Bob's is a friend of mine") —called also double possessive

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