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accusative cases

accusative cases is the plural of accusative case.

Meaning of accusative case

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

Questions about accusative cases

What is accusative cases the plural of?
Accusative cases is the plural of accusative case.

Words near accusative cases in the dictionary

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

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