Associations to the word «Possessive»

POSSESSIVE, adjective. Of or pertaining to ownership or possession.

POSSESSIVE, adjective. (grammar) Indicating ownership, possession, origin, etc.

POSSESSIVE, adjective. Unwilling to yield possession of.

POSSESSIVE, noun. (grammar) The possessive case.

POSSESSIVE, noun. (grammar) A word used to indicate the possessive case.

POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVE, noun. An adjective expressing possession.

POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES, noun. Plural of possessive adjective

POSSESSIVE CASE, noun. (grammar): case used to express direct possession, ownership, origin, etc. Though similar in many ways to the genitive case, it is not always the same. Languages that have the possessive case include English and Quenya.

POSSESSIVE CASES, noun. Plural of possessive case

POSSESSIVE DETERMINER, noun. (grammar) A determiner used to demonstrate the possession of the thing referenced by the following noun; in English, they include my, his, her, our, your, its and their.

POSSESSIVE DETERMINERS, noun. Plural of possessive determiner

POSSESSIVE PRONOUN, noun. (grammar) A pronoun which expresses possession.

POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS, noun. Plural of possessive pronoun

POSSESSIVE SUFFIX, noun. (linguistics) A suffix that indicates possession, occurs in some Uralic, Semitic and Indo-European languages.

POSSESSIVE SUFFIXES, noun. Plural of possessive suffix

POSSESSIVE, noun. The case expressing ownership.

POSSESSIVE, adjective. Serving to express or indicate possession; "possessive pronouns"; "the genitive endings".

POSSESSIVE, adjective. Desirous of owning; "small children are so possessive they will not let others play with their toys".

POSSESSIVE, adjective. Having or showing a desire to control or dominate; "a possessive parent".