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accusative adjective /əˈkjuːzətɪv/ /əˈkjuːzətɪv/ (grammar) jump to other results - (in some languages) in the form that a noun, a pronoun or an adjective has when it is the direct object of a verb, or connected with the direct object
- The accusative forms of the pronouns ‘I’, ‘he’, ‘she’ and ‘we’ are ‘me’, ‘her’, ‘him’ and ‘us’.
compare ablative, dative, genitive, instrumental (3), locative, nominative, vocativeTopics Languagec2
accusative noun /əˈkjuːzətɪv/ /əˈkjuːzətɪv/ (grammar) jump to other results - (in some languages) the form of a noun, a pronoun or an adjective when it is the direct object of a verb, or connected with the direct object
- In the sentence, ‘I saw him today’, the word ‘him’ is in the accusative.
compare ablative, dative, genitive, instrumental (2), locative, nominative, vocativeTopics Languagec2Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin (casus) accusativus, literally ‘relating to an accusation or (legal) case’, translating Greek (ptōsis) aitiatikē ‘(the case) showing cause’.
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