1. (grammar) serving to express or indicate possession
   "possessive pronouns";
   - genitive
    
2. Desirous of owning
   "small children are so possessive they will not let others play with their toys"
    
3. Having or showing a desire to control or dominate
   "a possessive parent"

1. The case expressing ownership
   "In 'John's book', 'John's' is in the possessive case";
   - genitive, genitive case, possessive case

Derived forms: possessives

See also: acquisitive, dominant

Type of: oblique, oblique case

Encyclopedia: Possessive