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Adjective genitive has 1 sense
  1. possessive, genitive - serving to express or indicate possession; "possessive pronouns"; "the genitive endings"
Noun genitive has 1 sense
  1. genitive, genitive case, possessive case - the case expressing ownership
    --1 is a kind of oblique, oblique case

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Genitive

Part of Speech: Noun

Definition: The genitive is a grammatical case used in some languages to indicate possession, relationship, or origin. It often follows the noun it modifies.

Example Sentence: In the sentence "John's car is blue," the word "John's" is in the genitive case and indicates possession.

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