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- pronunciation:
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ze
sihv
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adjective |
| definition 1: |
If someone is possessive, they have a strong desire to own and keep things, and they usually don't want to share their things.
He is too possessive about his games to let me borrow one.- similar words:
- greedy, jealous
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| definition 2: |
A possessive person is a jealous person who wants to control the people they love so that they can have these people all to themselves. They don't want to share them with others.
Lina's boyfriend is so possessive that he doesn't want Lina to even go out with her friends.It's natural for children to feel somewhat possessive about their parents.- similar words:
- clinging, controlling, jealous
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| definition 3: |
When a word or form of a word is called "possessive" in grammar, it has to do with belonging to someone or being part of something, or coming from a certain place.
"His" is a possessive pronoun, and "John's" is a possessive noun.
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| related words: |
greedy, jealous |
| derivations: |
possessively (adv.), possessiveness (n.) |
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