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double possessive

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.16 in modern English

Syllables
dou-ble -pos-ses-sive
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The presence of two or more consecutive nouns in the possessive case.

noun

A construction in English where possession is indicated using both the preposition of and a possessive form, typically with an apostrophe and -s, used to convey a sense of association or to emphasize the relationship between the possessor and the possessed.

Inflected Forms

double possessives (plural)

Rhymes With

impressive progressive aggressive past progressive future progressive present progressive past perfect progressive future perfect progressive excessive successive passive-aggressive oppressive

Questions

What does double possessive mean?
The presence of two or more consecutive nouns in the possessive case.

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