How to pronounce “double possessive”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• (grammar) The presence of two or more consecutive nouns in the possessive case.
• (grammar) 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.

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Similar Sounds

dispossessing, wsa, wsu, wso, wsw, unprepossessing, obsessive, stabilizes, stableness