Definitions
desirous of owning
Word origin
From Middle French possessif, from Latin possessivus (“of or pertaining to possession”), from possessiō (“possessing”), from possidēre (“to possess”). By surface analysis, possess + -ive.
Used in a sentence
“He is very possessive of his car.”
“Take the rule about pronouns and possessives that Mr. Keegan cited in his challenge to the testing service.”
“The New York Times, The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal all do the opposite, opting for ’s to mark a singular possessive and a simple apostrophe for plural possessive (Harrises’ and Walzes’).”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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