Meaning of Possessive | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The possessive case.
   countable, uncountable
2. A word used to indicate the possessive case.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“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’).”

CEFR level