possessive
posesif
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
Actually, today, the 'possessive' and genitive are virtually the same.
His great love remained his mother Louie, a dominating, 'possessive' woman who spoiled and adored her son above everything else.
And that's typically what happens where a mother may be very, very 'possessive' of that child.
You are a very 'possessive' and demanding person, rarely impulsive or casual.
I think that men's love is very 'possessive' and involves ownership, competition, and performance.
It's a relational noun, which means that a 'possessive' shows who the noun relates to.
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.
The men looked away hurriedly when they looked upon the Princess's beauty, and 'possessive' wives quickly drew their husband's attention.
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.
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.
People get 'possessive' , and people are not as romantic as they used to be.
Slowly he was becoming more and more 'possessive' , controlling, demanding.
She is very 'possessive' of polar paraphernalia.
Now, in some relationships certain parties are very 'possessive' of their partner.
Other poems present maternal love as liberating, not 'possessive' .
She's always been so 'possessive' and she just… I don't know.
He was overly 'possessive' , and he freaked if I mentioned another guy's name.
Although she may claim that her 'possessive' behaviour arises from her love, there might be a need for her to realize that love must be sustained by trust.
Naturally, he is very 'possessive' about his collection.
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 'possessive' apostrophe disappeared in place names such as ‘Coopers Creek’ decades ago.
He had never professed love, just a lustful 'possessive' desire that fueled the cruelty in his obsession.
But the evidence shows that 'possessive' apostrophes have been dropping like flies for years.
Others unintentionally sabotage their relationships by exhibiting overly 'possessive' , clinging, dependent behaviour.
The mania type of love can be characterized as obsessive in that it is 'possessive' and dependent.
We all know that in English you form the 'possessive' by adding an apostrophe.
How do you do a possessive of a registered trademark that is itself already a 'possessive' ?
A woman can be very 'possessive' about personal accessories.
Retrograde Scorpio Venus tends to showcase the acquisitive, 'possessive' , less lovely traits of the Tauran shadow.
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