✍️genitive

adjective
/ˈdʒen.ɪ.tɪv/

Meaning

relating to or denoting a case of nouns and pronouns indicating possession

Example Sentences

In English, the genitive case is often shown with an apostrophe and 's'.

Example Expressions

genitive case

Synonyms

possessive, ownership, case

Antonyms

non-possessive, independent

Collocations

genitive case, genitive construction, genitive ending

Related Vocabularies

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