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pos·ses·sive
(pə-zĕs′ĭv)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.
pos·ses′sive·ly adv.
pos·ses′sive·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. (Grammar) grammar
a. another word for genitive1
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
(Grammar) grammar
a. the possessive case
b. a word or speech element in the possessive case
posˈsessively adv
posˈsessiveness n
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pos•ses•sive
(pəˈzɛs ɪv)adj.
1. desiring to dominate or be the only influence on someone.
2. of or pertaining to possession or ownership.
3. indicating possession, ownership, origin, etc., as Jane's in Jane's coat. His in his book is a possessive adjective. His in The book is his is a possessive pronoun. Compare genitive (def. 1).
n. 4. the possessive case.
5. a possessive form or construction.
pos•ses′sive•ly, adv.
pos•ses′sive•ness, n.
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possessive
A case of nouns or pronouns that expresses ownership, often shown by an apostrophe followed by “s” as in Jane’s car.”
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Noun | 1. | possessive - the case expressing ownership 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" 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.
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possessive
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Translations
تَمَلُّكي، مُتَمَلِّكيَشير إلى الملكيَّه
panovačnýpřivlastňovací
besiddendedensditdominerendehans
birtokolni vágyóbirtokos
drottnunargjarn, ráîríkureignar-
possessive
[pəˈzesɪv]A. ADJ
1. [person] → posesivo; [love etc] → dominante, tiránico
to be possessive about sth/towards sb → ser posesivo con algo/algn
to be possessive about sth/towards sb → ser posesivo con algo/algn
2. (Ling) → posesivo
B. N (Ling) → posesivo m
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
possessive
[pəˈzɛsɪv] adj → possessif/iveto 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
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
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
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
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
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
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
possess
(pəˈzes) verb to own or have. How much money does he possess?
posˈsession (-ʃən) noun1. something which is owned by a person, country etc. She lost all her possessions in the fire.
2. the state of possessing.
posˈsessive (-siv) adjective1. showing that someone or something possesses an object etc. `Yours', `mine', `his', `hers', `theirs' are possessive pronouns; `your', `my', `his', `their' are possessive adjectives.
2. acting as though things and people are one's personal possessions. a possessive mother.
posˈsessively adverbposˈsessiveness noun
posˈsessor noun
He is the proud possessor of a new car.
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possessive
n. gr. adjetivo o pronombre posesivo;
a. posesivo-a.
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