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possessives

possessives is the plural of possessive.

Meaning of possessive

Noun

possessive (countable and uncountable, plural possessives)

  1. The possessive case.
  2. A word used to indicate the possessive case.
    • Take the rule about pronouns and possessives that Mr. Keegan cited in his challenge to the testing service.2023 January 6, Geoffery Nunberg, “The Nation: Parts of Speech; The Bloody Crossroads of Grammar and Politics”, in The New York Times

See all 5 meanings of possessive

Phrases with possessives

Questions about possessives

What is possessives the plural of?
Possessives is the plural of possessive.

Words near possessives in the dictionary

  1. possessive pronouns
  2. possessive suffix
  3. possessive suffixes
  4. possessively
  5. possessiveness
  6. possessives
  7. possessivity
  8. possessor
  9. possessoress
  10. possessorial
  11. possessoriness

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Adapted from Wiktionary: possessives (page history and authors); possessive (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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