possessivePronunciation: /pəˈzɛsɪv/Translate possessive | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of possessive adjective 1demanding someone’s total attention and love:has he become jealous or possessive? he placed a firm, possessive hand on her elbow showing an unwillingness to share one’s possessions:young children are proud and possessive of their own property 2 Grammar relating to or denoting the case of nouns and pronouns expressing possession. noun Grammar a possessive word or form. (the possessive) the possessive case. Derivatives possessively adverb possessiveness noun possessive in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of possessive in the US English dictionary
