accusative
IPA: ʌkjˈuzʌtɪv
noun
- (grammar) The accusative case.
adjective
- Producing accusations; in a manner that reflects a finding of fault or blame
- (grammar) Applied to the case (as the fourth case of Latin, Lithuanian and Greek nouns) which expresses the immediate object on which the action or influence of a transitive verb has its limited influence. Other parts of speech, including secondary or predicate direct objects, will also influence a sentence’s construction. In German the case used for direct objects.
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Examples of "accusative" in Sentences
- You misspelled the Latin accusative singular of the word "mind".
- The latter is the accusative singular of the Latin word for "mint".
- "Cells" is a kind of accusative of product: "make it cells" (G.K. 117 ii.
- There are probably a lot of children who are being taught that who is the standard accusative form.
- So thank you, Mr. Callahan, for the lessons in the nominative, accusative, dative, and genitive cases.
- [Greek: epi], with the accusative, meaning _towards_ a person, comes often in the _Iliad_; once in the Odyssey.
- This is called the accusative ending; and the word to which it is attached is said to be in the "accusative case":
- ( "To His Eminence the most worthy Lord Cardinal" -- Herr, of which Herrn is the accusative, meaning "Lord," or "Mister").
- I didn't know that before I got all accusative of it copying Being Erica ... do all English majors at one point study the phallic imagery in James Joyce's Ulysses?
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