possessive

Meanings

• Determiner or pronoun

  A word that shows possession or ownership.

  - "The cat's fur is soft."
  - "James' car is red."

• An inflectional suffix added to a noun or pronoun to indicate possession.

  - "book's cover"
  - "children's laughter"

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with possessive
caressive , progressive , cessative

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Variants

List of all variants of possessive that leads to same result
possessive , possessively , possessiveness , possessivenesses , possessives , possessive adjective , possessive adjectives , possessive pronoun , possessive pronouns , the possessive , double genitive , double genitives , double possessive

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Etymology

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The Old English word 'possessian' meaning 'to have, hold, or occupy' evolved into the modern English word 'possessive'.

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Trivia

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1. The apostrophe was first used in print in 1508.

2. The possessive form of a singular noun does not add an 's' before the apostrophe.

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Related Concepts

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1. Genitive case: The grammatical case that indicates possession or relationship.

2. Apostrophe: A punctuation mark used to indicate the omission of letters or to show possession.

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Culture

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In literature, the possessive is used to show relationships between characters and objects, such as in F. Scott Fitzgerald's 'The Great Gatsby'. In art, it is used to indicate ownership of works, like in the famous painting 'The Starry Night' by Vincent van Gogh.

How to Memorize "possessive"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a cat sitting on a mat with a tag on its collar indicating 'The Cat's Mat'.
   - Visualize a person holding an apple and the word 'Apple's' appearing above it.

2. associate
   

   - Associate 'The Cat's' with a cat and a mat.
   - Associate 'Apple's' with an apple.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Use the phrase 'My Cat Sits' to remember the possessive form of 'cat'.
   - Use the phrase 'An Apple Belongs To Me' to remember the possessive form of 'apple'.

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