Definitions
Possessive determiner meaning belonging to the speaker.
Word origin
From Middle English mi, my, apocopated form of min, myn, from Old English mīn (“my, mine”), from Proto-West Germanic *mīn, from Proto-Germanic *mīnaz (“my, mine”, pron.) (possessive of *ek (“I”)), from Proto-Indo-European *méynos (“my; mine”).
Used in a sentence
“I can't find my book.”
“Everyone always asks what my advice is, and my advice is don’t overintellectualize your art.”
“My seat at the restaurant was uncomfortable.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer14 curated clues
01“Belonging to the speaker”2 letters
02“Belongs to me word”2 letters
03“Exclamation before "word!"”2 letters
04“Owned by the speaker”2 letters
05“Personal ownership word”2 letters
06“Personal possessive”2 letters
07“Possessive before "book"”2 letters
08“Possessive before "turn"”2 letters
09“Speaker's ownership word”2 letters
10“Speaker's possessive”2 letters
11“Speaker-owned”2 letters
12“Word before "mistake"”2 letters
13“Word before "turn"”2 letters
14“Belonging to me”2 letters
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