how to pronounce possessive

/pəˈzɛsɪv/

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possessive is pronounced in three syllables

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video examples of possessive pronunciation

An example use of possessive in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… a little bit possessive of his friends …”

meaning of possessive

Possessive means belonging to or having the quality of being owned by something.

possessive frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word possessive occurs in english on average 1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics possessive can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that possessive can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) people, society, and culture;