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accusative case

accusative case noun: in English and other modern languages, the case used to mark the immediate object (direct object) on which the transitive verb acts. In Latin grammar, the accusative case (cāsus accūsātīvus) includes functions derived from the Indo-European accusative and lative cases; said Lative Case expresses concepts similar to those of the English prepositions "to" and "towards".

Noun

accusative case (plural accusative cases)

  1. In English and other modern languages, the case used to mark the immediate object (direct object) on which the transitive verb acts. In Latin grammar, the accusative case (cāsus accūsātīvus) includes functions derived from the Indo-European accusative and lative cases; said Lative Case expresses concepts similar to those of the English prepositions "to" and "towards".
    Synonyms:
    accusative

accusative case meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Sanskrit

accusative case in Hindi

accusative case, objective case
द्वितीया विभक्ति dvitīyā vibhakti

accusative case in Tamil

இரண்டாம் வேற்றுமை, செயப்படுபொருள் வேற்றுமை

accusative case in Bengali

ল্যাটিন ব্যাকরণে, বলেন

accusative case in Sanskrit

accusative case
द्वितीया विभक्ति dvitīyā vibhakti, द्वितीया dvitī́yā

Synonyms of accusative case

Forms of accusative case

pluralaccusative cases
alternative abbreviationA.
alternative abbreviationacc.
alternative abbreviationACC

Questions about accusative case

What does accusative case mean?
Accusative case means in English and other modern languages, the case used to mark the immediate object (direct object) on which the transitive verb acts. In Latin grammar, the accusative case (cāsus accūsātīvus) includes functions derived from the Indo-European accusative and lative cases; said Lative Case expresses concepts similar to those of the English prepositions "to" and "towards".
What is accusative case in Hindi?
Accusative case in Hindi is द्वितीया विभक्ति (dvitīyā vibhakti). See Accusative case meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is accusative case?
Accusative case is a noun.
What is the plural of accusative case?
The plural of accusative case is accusative cases.

Words near accusative case in the dictionary

  1. accusations
  2. accusatival
  3. accusative
  4. accusative absolute
  5. accusative absolutes
  6. accusative case
  7. accusative cases
  8. accusative cognate
  9. accusatively
  10. accusativeness
  11. accusatives

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Adapted from Wiktionary: accusative case (page history and authors); द्वितीया विभक्ति (Hindi) (page history and authors); accusative case (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); accusative case (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); द्वितीया (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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