adj.

1. Of or relating to ownership or possession.
2. Having or manifesting a desire to control or dominate another, especially in order to limit that person's relationships with others: a possessive parent.
3. Grammar. Of, relating to, or being a noun or pronoun case that indicates possession.

n. Grammar.

1. The possessive case.
2. A possessive form or construction.

possessively pos·ses'sive·ly adv.
possessiveness pos·ses'sive·ness n.

adjective

Fearful of the loss of position or affection: clutching, jealous. See owned/unowned.

The case of a noun or pronoun that shows possession. Nouns are usually made possessive by adding an apostrophe and s: “The bicycle is Sue's, not Mark's.” Possessive pronouns can take the place of possessive nouns: “The bicycle is hers, not his.” (See nominative case and objective case.)

IN BRIEF: Tending to acquire or desire something; acquisitive.

The creative impulses of man are always at war with the possessive impulses. — Van Wyck Brooks (1886-1963)

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - besidderglad, begærlig
n. - genitiv, ejestedord

idioms:

• possessive pronoun    possessivt pronomen

Nederlands (Dutch)
bezittelijk, hebberig, heerszuchtig, gedreven, bezittelijke wijs, een woord in de bezittelijke wijs

Français (French)
adj. - possessif
n. - possessif

idioms:

• possessive pronoun    pronom possessif

Deutsch (German)
adj. - besitzergreifend, possessiv
n. - Possessivum

idioms:

• possessive pronoun    Possessivpronomen

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - κτητικός, παθολογικά στοργικός, δεσποτικός, ζηλότυπος, ατομιστής, (γραμμ.) κτητικός
n. - (γραμμ.) κτητική (πτώση ή αντωνυμία)

idioms:

• possessive pronoun    (γραμμ.) κτητική αντωνυμία

Italiano (Italian)
possessivo

idioms:

• possessive pronoun    pronome possessivo

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - possessivo
n. - possessivo (m) (Gram.)

idioms:

• possessive pronoun    pronome possessivo

Русский (Russian)
притяжательный, притяжательный падеж

idioms:

• possessive pronoun    притяжательное местоимение

Español (Spanish)
adj. - posesivo, dominante, egoísta
n. - posesivo

idioms:

• possessive pronoun    pronombre posesivo

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - härsklysten, dominerande, hagalen
n. - genitiv

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
拥有的, 占有的, 所有格的, 所属关系的, 占有欲强的, 所有格

idioms:

• possessive pronoun    所有格代名词

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 擁有的, 佔有的, 所有格的, 所屬關係的, 佔有欲強的
n. - 所有格

idioms:

• possessive pronoun    所有格代名詞

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 소유의, 소유욕이 강한
n. - 소유격, 소유형용사

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 所有格, 所有格の語, 所有形容詞
adj. - 所有の, 所有欲の強い, 所有を表す

idioms:

• possessive pronoun    所有代名詞

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مستأثر, حريص, غيور (الاسم) ملكي : دال على الملكيه, تملكي, اقتنائي, صيغه الملكيه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮קנאי לרכושו, דורש תשומת-לב, של בעלות, של קניין‬
n. - ‮יחסת השמות והכינויים המבטאים שייכות או קניין (דקדוק)‬

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