Definition of possessive
(Entry 1 of 2)
1
: of, relating to, or constituting a word, a word group, or a grammatical case that denotes ownership or a relation analogous to ownership
2
: manifesting possession or the desire to own or dominate
possessive
nounDefinition of possessive (Entry 2 of 2)
1
: a possessive word or word group
2a
: the possessive case
b
: a word in the possessive case
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The first known use of possessive was in the 15th century
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