possessive (redirected from possessives)

pos·ses·sive  (p-zsv)

adj.

1. Of or relating to ownership or possession.

2. Having or manifesting a desire to control or dominate another, especially in order to limit that person's relationships with others: a possessive parent.

3. Grammar Of, relating to, or being a noun or pronoun case that indicates possession.

n. Grammar

1. The possessive case.

2. A possessive form or construction.

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pos·sessive·ly adv.

pos·sessive·ness n.

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possessive [pəˈzɛsɪv]

adj

1. of or relating to possession or ownership

2. having or showing an excessive desire to possess, control, or dominate a possessive mother

3. (Linguistics / Grammar) Grammar

a.  another word for genitive [1]

b.  denoting an inflected form of a noun or pronoun used to convey the idea of possession, association, etc., as my or Harry's

n

(Linguistics / Grammar) Grammar

a.  the possessive case

b.  a word or speech element in the possessive case

possessively  adv

possessiveness  n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	possessive - the case expressing ownership genitive, genitive case, possessive case oblique, oblique case - any grammatical case other than the nominative attributive genitive, attributive genitive case - a word in the genitive case that is used as an attributive adjective; "an example of the attributive genetive is `John's' in `John's mother'"
Adj.	1.	possessive - serving to express or indicate possession; "possessive pronouns"; "the genitive endings" genitive grammar - the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics)
	2.	possessive - desirous of owning; "small children are so possessive they will not let others play with their toys" acquisitive - eager to acquire and possess things especially material possessions or ideas; "an acquisitive mind"; "an acquisitive society in which the craving for material things seems never satisfied"
	3.	possessive - having or showing a desire to control or dominate; "a possessive parent" dominant - exercising influence or control; "television plays a dominant role in molding public opinion"; "the dominant partner in the marriage"

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possessive

adjective

1. jealous, controlling, dominating, domineering, proprietorial, overprotective Danny could be very jealous and possessive of me.

2. selfish, grasping, acquisitive He's very possessive about his car.

Translations

possessive [pəˈzesɪv]

A. ADJ

1. [person] → posesivo; [love etc] → dominante, tiránico
to be possessive about sth/towards sb → ser posesivo con algo/algn

2. (Ling) → posesivo

B. N (Ling) → posesivo m

C. CPD possessive pronoun N → pronombre m posesivo

possessive [pəˈzɛsɪv] adj → possessif/ive
to be possessive about sb → être possessif/ive avec qn
I am possessive about my car
BUT Je n'aime pas prêter ma voiture.
possessive adjective n → adjectif m possessif

possessive

adj (towards belongings) → eigen; mother, boyfriend, love, manner etc → besitzergreifend; streak → besitzergreifend, habgierig; to be possessive about something → seine Besitzansprüche auf etw (acc) → betonen; to be possessive toward(s) somebody → an jdn Besitzansprüche stellen

n (Gram: = pronoun, adjective) → Possessiv(um) nt

possessive [pəˈzɛsɪv]

1. adj (gen, also) (Gram) → possessivo/a
an over-possessive wife → una moglie troppo possessiva
to be possessive about sth/towards sb → essere possessivo/a nei confronti di qc/qn

2. n (Gram) → possessivo