possessive
possessivo
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.
translation of 'possessive'
adjective
possessivo
example
An eagle is 'possessive' and once it has caught a fox it will not let go.
Instead of being demanding and 'possessive' like before, he was a whole new different man.
He was overly 'possessive' , and he freaked if I mentioned another guy's name.
I think that men's love is very 'possessive' and involves ownership, competition, and performance.
They can be used as components of compounds, but if they are used on their own they must be used with 'possessive' prefixes.
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.
Retrograde Scorpio Venus tends to showcase the acquisitive, 'possessive' , less lovely traits of the Tauran shadow.
It's a relational noun, which means that a 'possessive' shows who the noun relates to.
Relations that are implicit in the semantic structure of a possessed noun can affect the range of plausible interpretations of a 'possessive' construction.
The men looked away hurriedly when they looked upon the Princess's beauty, and 'possessive' wives quickly drew their husband's attention.
The 'possessive' apostrophe disappeared in place names such as ‘Coopers Creek’ decades ago.
She's always been so 'possessive' and she just… I don't know.
How do you do a possessive of a registered trademark that is itself already a 'possessive' ?
She is very 'possessive' of polar paraphernalia.
And that's typically what happens where a mother may be very, very 'possessive' of that child.
If we were not greedy, 'possessive' creatures why would we need a means to measure our worth?
Actually, today, the 'possessive' and genitive are virtually the same.
The mania type of love can be characterized as obsessive in that it is 'possessive' and dependent.
Does that mean she's already taken by an overly 'possessive' Johnny?
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.
He had never professed love, just a lustful 'possessive' desire that fueled the cruelty in his obsession.
Slowly he was becoming more and more 'possessive' , controlling, demanding.
That kiss was like nothing I had felt before and not in a nice way, it was 'possessive' , aggressive and demanding… it scared me.
There were a lot of books that were in the children's names that were burnt, and children are very 'possessive' of their things.
Other poems present maternal love as liberating, not 'possessive' .
Now, in some relationships certain parties are very 'possessive' of their partner.
You are a very 'possessive' and demanding person, rarely impulsive or casual.
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.
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.
He said yesterday: ‘I have no doubt David loved Ann very much, but it was a 'possessive' and jealous love.’
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