Possessive - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|pəˈzesɪv|
Brit.
|pəˈzesɪv|
noun
adjective
- desirous of owning
small children are so possessive they will not let others play with their toys
- having or showing a desire to control or dominatea possessive parent
Extra examples
If you marry him, he is only going to become even more jealous and possessive than he is now.
The possessive form of “dog” is “dog's.”
“His” and “her” are possessive pronouns.
“Your” and “yours” are possessives.
The possessive of “it” is “its.”
She was terribly possessive of our eldest son.
He's so possessive about his new car.
...immured by a controlling, possessive mother, the young woman had no outside social life...
Word forms
noun
singular: possessive
plural: possessives
singular: possessive
plural: possessives
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