单词	possessively
释义	possessivepos‧ses‧sive1 /pəˈzesɪv/ adjective Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES I broke up with Lyle because he was as possessive as a two-year-old. She is extremely possessive about her university friends, and doesn't ;like them mixing independently with her workmates. She was too possessive, always wanting to know where I was, who I was with. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS For instance, she was possessive of our eldest son and I wasn't allowed to go near him. He could also be very possessive, especially towards women. Her mouth was being taken with a possessive intensity that obliterated thought and left only sensation. I felt possessive about those bands, and felt jealous when other people wrote about them. Meredith felt breathlessness claim her as his possessive arms wrapped around her once more. She: Why are you so possessive? Similarly, older children's possessive impulse would now not be seen as an instinct for ownership perse. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorbecause someone loves another person► jealous angry and unhappy because you think your husband, girlfriend etc loves someone else more than they love you: · Some parents feel jealous if their child loves the nanny or babysitter.· Corwin has several female friends, and says his wife has never been jealous.· Police believe the shootings may have been the work of a jealous boyfriend.get jealous (=become jealous): · My girlfriend gets jealous if I even look at another woman.make somebody jealous: · Trying to make your boyfriend or girlfriend jealous isn't a good idea.jealous of: · Some fathers are jealous of the attention a new baby receives, even if they won't admit it. ► possessive someone who is possessive wants their husband or wife, children, friends etc to love only them, and does not like them spending time with other people: · She was too possessive, always wanting to know where I was, who I was with.possessive of/about: · She is extremely possessive about her university friends, and doesn't like them mixing independently with her workmates. ► jealousy the angry, unhappy feeling you have when you think your husband, girlfriend etc loves someone else more than they love you: · The police believe Morgan strangled his girlfriend in a fit of jealousy. · For a moment, she was overcome by jealousy.jealousy of: · How should a single mother deal with her son's jealousy of her new boyfriend? WORD SETS► Grammar abbr., abbreviate, verbabbreviation, nounabstract noun, nounaccusative, nounactive, adjectiveadj., adjective, nounadv., adverb, nounadverbial, adjectiveaffix, nounantecedent, nounapposition, nounarticle, nounaspect, nounattributive, adjectiveaux., auxiliary, nounauxiliary verb, nouncase, nouncausal, adjectiveclause, nouncollective noun, nouncommon noun, nouncomparative, adjectivecomparison, nouncomplement, nouncomplex, adjectivecompound, nounconcord, nounconcrete noun, nounconditional, adjectiveconditional, nounconj., conjugate, verbconjugation, nounconjunction, nounconnective, nounconstruction, nouncontinuous, adjectivecontraction, nouncoordinate, adjectivecoordinating conjunction, nouncopula, nouncountable, adjectivecount noun, noundative, noundeclension, noundefinite article, noundemonstrative, adjectivedemonstrative pronoun, noundependent clause, noundeterminer, noundirect discourse, noundirect object, noundirect speech, noundisjunctive, adjectiveditransitive, adjectivedouble negative, noun-ed, suffixending, noun-est, suffix-eth, suffixfeminine, adjectivefinite, adjectiveform, nounfunction word, nounfuture, adjectivegender, noungenitive, noungerund, noungradable, adjectivegrammar, noungrammarian, noungrammatical, adjectivehistoric present, nounhomonym, nounhomophone, nounimperative, adjectiveimperative, nounimpersonal, adjectiveindefinite article, nounindependent clause, nounindicative, nounindicative, adjectiveindirect discourse, nounindirect object, nounindirect speech, nouninfinitive, nouninflect, verbinflected, adjectiveinflection, noun-ing, suffixintensifier, nouninterjection, nouninterrogative, adjectiveinterrogative, nounintransitive, adjectivelinking verb, nounmain clause, nounmasculine, adjectivemodal, nounmodal auxiliary, nounmodal verb, nounmodifier, nounmodify, verbmood, nounn., neuter, adjectivenominal, adjectivenominative, nounnon-finite, adjectivenon-restrictive, adjectivenoun, nounnumber, nounobject, nounparse, verbparticipial, adjectiveparticiple, nounparticle, nounpartitive, nounpart of speech, nounpassive, adjectivepassivize, verbpast, adjectivepast participle, nounpast perfect, nounperfect participle, nounperiphrasis, nounpersonal pronoun, nounphrasal verb, nounphrase, nounpl., plural, nounplural, adjectiveplurality, nounpossessive, adjectivepossessive, nounpredeterminer, nounpredicate, nounpredicative, adjectiveprefix, nounprefix, verbprep., preposition, nounprepositional phrase, nounpres., present participle, nounprogressive, adjectivepronominal, adjectivepronoun, nounproper noun, nounpunctuate, verbpunctuation, nounqualifier, nounquantifier, nounquestion tag, nounreflexive, adjectiveregular, adjectiverelative clause, nounrelative pronoun, nounreported speech, nounrestrictive clause, nounroot, nounrule, nounrun-on sentence, nounsecond person, nounsemicolon, nounsentence, nounsentence adverb, nounsingular, adjectivesolecism, nounsplit infinitive, nounstative, adjectivestem, nounsubject, nounsubjective, adjectivesubjunctive, nounsubordinate clause, nounsubstantive, nounsuffix, nounsuperlative, adjectivesyntactic, adjectivesyntax, nountag, nountense, nountransitive, adjectiveuncountable, adjectivev., variant, nounverb, nounverbal, adjectivevocative, noun Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► possessive pronoun/form/case etc  the possessive pronouns ‘ours’ and ‘mine’ 1wanting someone to have feelings of love or friendship for you and no one elsepossessive of/about She was terribly possessive of our eldest son.2unwilling to let other people use something you ownpossessive of/about He’s so possessive about his new car.3technical used in grammar to show that something belongs to someone or somethingpossessive pronoun/form/case etc the possessive pronouns ‘ours’ and ‘mine’—possessively adverb—possessiveness noun [uncountable]
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