Hyphenation of possessive

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word possessive? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

pos-ses-sive

Definitions of possessive:

1.	The case expressing ownership
2.	Serving to express or indicate possession Possessive pronouns The genitive endings
3.	Desirous of owning Small children are so possessive they will not let others play with their toys
4.	Having or showing a desire to control or dominate A possessive parent

Synonyms of possessive:

adj	genitive, oblique, oblique case
adj	acquisitive
adj	dominant

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.