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equative case

equative case noun: a noun case in certain languages, including Ossetian and Sumerian, used to indicate likeness to something. In English grammar, it corresponds roughly to the use in English of prepositions like, as.

Noun

equative case (plural equative cases)

  1. A noun case in certain languages, including Ossetian and Sumerian, used to indicate likeness to something. In English grammar, it corresponds roughly to the use in English of prepositions like, as.

Forms of equative case

pluralequative cases

Questions about equative case

What does equative case mean?
Equative case means a noun case in certain languages, including Ossetian and Sumerian, used to indicate likeness to something. In English grammar, it corresponds roughly to the use in English of prepositions like, as.
What part of speech is equative case?
Equative case is a noun.
What is the plural of equative case?
The plural of equative case is equative cases.

Words near equative case in the dictionary

  1. equationlike
  2. equations
  3. equations of motion
  4. equations of time
  5. equative
  6. equative case
  7. equative degree
  8. equative sentence
  9. equative sentences
  10. equatively
  11. equatives

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