possessives

Meanings

• noun (singular and plural forms)

  belonging to or owned by a person, thing, or animal

  - "The book's cover is damaged."
  - "My sister's car is red."

• determiner or pronoun

  expressing a relationship of possession

  - "Your possession is heavy."
  - "The dog's bark is loud."

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with possessives
caresses , cesses , cesspools , dissuades , possibles

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Variants

List of all variants of possessives that leads to same result
possessive , possessives

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Forms

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Singular: a, an, the (before consonants) the (before vowels), my, your, his, her, its, our, their, whose; Plural: ours, yours, theirs

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Etymology

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From Old French 'possessif' or Latin 'possessio' meaning 'possession'.

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Trivia

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1. The apostrophe is not needed for plural possessives ending in 's'.

2. The word 'possessive' is itself possessive, as it belongs to the semantic field of possession.

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Related Concepts

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1. genitive case: A grammatical case that denotes possession, relationship, or origin.

2. pronouns: Words that take the place of a noun in a sentence.

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Culture

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In literature, possessives are used to establish relationships between characters and their belongings or emotions. In art, they can be used to convey ownership or possession in visual compositions. In music, they can be found in song lyrics to express emotions and ownership.

How to Memorize "possessives"

1. visualize
   

   - Visualize a person holding an object, such as a book, to remember the relationship of possession.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'possessive' with the idea of ownership or belonging.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Use the mnemonic 'People Eat Apples Hanging From Trees' to remember the order of possessive pronouns (mine, yours, his, hers, its, our, theirs, whose).

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