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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ab•la•tive /ˈæblətɪv/USA pronunciation adj. - Grammarof or concerning a case in grammar used to mark the starting point of an action and, in Latin, to indicate how something is done, or by whom or what it was done:In the Latin translation of "from Tusculum,'' the Latin word "Tusculo'' is in the ablative case.
n. [countable] - Grammarthe ablative case.
- Grammara word or other form in this case.
See -lat- 1. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ab•la•tive1 (ab′lə tiv),USA pronunciation [Gram.]adj. - Grammar(in some inflected languages) noting a case that has among its functions the indication of place from which or, as in Latin, place in which, manner, means, instrument, or agent.
n. - Grammarthe ablative case.
- Grammara word in that case, as Troiā in Latin Aenēas Troiā vēnit, "Aeneas came from Troy.''
- Latin ablātīvus. See ablate, -ive
- 1400–50; late Middle English
- Surgerycapable of or susceptible to ablation;
tending to ablate:the ablative nose cone of a rocket.
ab•la′tive•ly, adv. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: ablative /ˈæblətɪv/ adj - (in certain inflected languages such as Latin) denoting a case of nouns, pronouns, and adjectives indicating the agent in passive sentences or the instrument, manner, or place of the action described by the verb
n - the ablative case
- a word or speech element in the ablative case
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