Possessive adjective

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Noun
  1. 1
    An adjective expressing possession.

    ""My", "its" and "his" are possessive adjectives."

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adjective formattributive determinerchild's slidedeterminer formgenitive determinergrammatical determiner

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""My", "its" and "his" are possessive adjectives."

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