possessive
સ્વત્વબોધક
definition
noun
Prenominal possessives (John's car, my hat) normally function as definite expressions.
a possessive word or form.
adjective
as soon as she'd been out with a guy a few times, he'd get possessive
demanding someone's total attention and love.
It's a relational noun, which means that a possessive shows who the noun relates to.
relating to or denoting the case of nouns and pronouns expressing possession.
example
Some linguists believe that English 'possessive' is no longer a case at all, but has become a clitic, an independent particle that is always pronounced as part of the preceding word.
There were a lot of books that were in the children's names that were burnt, and children are very 'possessive' of their things.
Instead of being demanding and 'possessive' like before, he was a whole new different man.
The men looked away hurriedly when they looked upon the Princess's beauty, and 'possessive' wives quickly drew their husband's attention.
The mania type of love can be characterized as obsessive in that it is 'possessive' and dependent.
Now, in some relationships certain parties are very 'possessive' of their partner.
It's a relational noun, which means that a 'possessive' shows who the noun relates to.
Others unintentionally sabotage their relationships by exhibiting overly 'possessive' , clinging, dependent behaviour.
Other poems present maternal love as liberating, not 'possessive' .
Relations that are implicit in the semantic structure of a possessed noun can affect the range of plausible interpretations of a 'possessive' construction.
He was overly 'possessive' , and he freaked if I mentioned another guy's name.
Does that mean she's already taken by an overly 'possessive' Johnny?
An eagle is 'possessive' and once it has caught a fox it will not let go.
Retrograde Scorpio Venus tends to showcase the acquisitive, 'possessive' , less lovely traits of the Tauran shadow.
And that's typically what happens where a mother may be very, very 'possessive' of that child.
Slowly he was becoming more and more 'possessive' , controlling, demanding.
But the evidence shows that 'possessive' apostrophes have been dropping like flies for years.
He said yesterday: ‘I have no doubt David loved Ann very much, but it was a 'possessive' and jealous love.’
How do you do a possessive of a registered trademark that is itself already a 'possessive' ?
Oh look, I can understand him feeling very 'possessive' about his budget, he's been working on it a long time, but I think he needs to calm down a bit.
We all know that in English you form the 'possessive' by adding an apostrophe.
People get 'possessive' , and people are not as romantic as they used to be.
That kiss was like nothing I had felt before and not in a nice way, it was 'possessive' , aggressive and demanding… it scared me.
Naturally, he is very 'possessive' about his collection.
She had lot of people who claimed her attention but later on a particular man became more 'possessive' of her and she stopped entertaining others.
His great love remained his mother Louie, a dominating, 'possessive' woman who spoiled and adored her son above everything else.
She's always been so 'possessive' and she just… I don't know.
They can be used as components of compounds, but if they are used on their own they must be used with 'possessive' prefixes.
She is very 'possessive' of polar paraphernalia.
He had never professed love, just a lustful 'possessive' desire that fueled the cruelty in his obsession.
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