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1. possessive
adjective. ['pəˈzɛsɪv'] serving to express or indicate possession.
Antonyms
Etymology
- possessivus (Latin)
- possideo (Latin)
Rhymes with Possessive
- unimpressive
- progressive
- expressive
- successive
- repressive
- regressive
- impressive
- depressive
- recessive
- oppressive
- obsessive
- excessive
- aggressive
How do you pronounce possessive?
Pronounce possessive as pəˈzɛsɪv.
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Sentences with possessive
1. Adjective
File any company with possessive or plural apostrophes as if they were absent.
2. Noun, singular or mass
Male conures can be territorial in their cages and possessive of people they like.
Quotes about possessive
1. Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is but the passing shadow of a cloud...
- Yann Martel, Life of Pi
2. Vampires. They wrote the book on possessive.
- Charlaine Harris, Dead to the World
3. Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous possessive love that grabs at what it can.
- Yann Martel, Life of Pi
2. possessive
adjective. ['pəˈzɛsɪv'] desirous of owning.
Antonyms
Etymology
- possessivus (Latin)
- possideo (Latin)
3. possessive
adjective. ['pəˈzɛsɪv'] having or showing a desire to control or dominate.
Antonyms
Etymology
- possessivus (Latin)
- possideo (Latin)
4. possessive
noun. ['pəˈzɛsɪv'] the case expressing ownership.
Antonyms
Etymology
- possessivus (Latin)
- possideo (Latin)