English Explanatory Dictionary

possessive case

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. case used to express direct possession, ownership, origin, etc. Though similar in many ways to the genitive case, it is not always the same. Languages that have the possessive case include English and Quenya.

Word forms

possessive case possessive cases

Related words

grammatical case
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