On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Possessive. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as genitive or oblique and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Possessive meaning
- Of or pertaining to ownership or possession.
- Indicating ownership, possession, origin, etc.
- Unwilling to yield possession of.
Synonyms of Possessive
Using Possessive
- The main meaning on this page is: Of or pertaining to ownership or possession. | Indicating ownership, possession, origin, etc. | Unwilling to yield possession of.
- Useful related words include: genitive, oblique, oblique case, acquisitive.
- In the example corpus, possessive often appears in combinations such as: the possessive, and possessive, possessive and.
Context around Possessive
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 7 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Possessive
- In this selection, "possessive" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 20.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, reflexive, non, main, pronouns, nature and construction stand out and add context to how "possessive" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a piercingly possessive nature and a possessive partner will. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "possessive" sits close to words such as acuity, ademola and albans, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with possessive
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
His favorite words are personal pronouns and possessive adjectives. (9 words)
This generation is more possessive of the female gender. (9 words)
Possessive pronouns Aku, kamu, engkau, and ia have short possessive enclitic forms. (12 words)
As Tom gets more possessive and his exploitative objectives become fully realized, Lea gets in far over her head and the overt nature of this cautionary tale is delivered in bracing, unflinching fashion. (33 words)
In possessive constructions the nak/nek endings are also used but this is NOT the dative form (rather, the attributive or possessive case ) Ignatius Singer, 'Simplified Grammar of the Hungarian Language', 1882. (32 words)
During the trial, Anja P claimed he had assaulted her daughter on ‘at least three occasions’ and revealed he was an ‘extremely possessive and violent man’ and regularly hit her when drunk. (32 words)
Example sentences (20)
If a descriptive attribute co-occurs with a possessive, the possessive construction ( /rɔbɑh/ ) is expected.
In English, apart from the pronouns discussed above, case has vanished altogether except for the possessive/non-possessive dichotomy in nouns.
In possessive constructions the nak/nek endings are also used but this is NOT the dative form (rather, the attributive or possessive case ) Ignatius Singer, 'Simplified Grammar of the Hungarian Language', 1882.
Possessive main Possessive pronouns are used to indicate possession (in a broad sense).
Possessive pronouns Aku, kamu, engkau, and ia have short possessive enclitic forms.
Similarly, in place of the genitive of the Latin pronouns, the Romance languages adopted the reflexive possessive, which then serves indifferently as both reflexive and non-reflexive possessive.
As Tom gets more possessive and his exploitative objectives become fully realized, Lea gets in far over her head and the overt nature of this cautionary tale is delivered in bracing, unflinching fashion.
He treated me like a trophy girlfriend and a pet, he was very tender but things got to heavy, and he became possessive so I ended the relationship.
His favorite words are personal pronouns and possessive adjectives.
This generation is more possessive of the female gender.
Being too possessive at the end of the week can bring trouble for you.
But we have gone far down a road in which both research and teaching are assessed according to their susceptibility to be instrumentalized in pursuit of narrowly economic, possessive individualist ends.
During the trial, Anja P claimed he had assaulted her daughter on ‘at least three occasions’ and revealed he was an ‘extremely possessive and violent man’ and regularly hit her when drunk.
Friends at the time noted Muldavin's possessive and controlling behavior over Terry.
She had explained how her father was “possessive and orthodox” when it came to her, and that according to him, “Girls should be kept away from the world in a protected way”.
A possessive partner will influence the way you think for the worse.
He would then lavish a girl with attention and declare his undying love, all the while masking a piercingly possessive nature.
Once on Bollywood chat show Rendezvous With Simi Garewal, back in 1997, revealed SRK's possessive nature during the time they were dating.
People tend to be possessive of each other when in a relationship.
The duo has been possessive about each other in the show, and fans have been loving it.
Common combinations with possessive
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: