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accusative — ► ADJECTIVE Grammar ▪ (of a case) expressing the object of an action or the goal of motion. ORIGIN from Latin casus accusativus the case showing cause … English terms dictionary
Accusative case — The accusative case (abbreviated acc) of a noun is the grammatical case used to mark the direct object of a transitive verb. The same case is used in many languages for the objects of (some or all) prepositions. It is a noun that is having… … Wikipedia
Accusative and infinitive — In grammar, accusative and infinitive is the name for a syntactic construction of Latin and Greek, also found in various forms in other languages such as English and Spanish. In this construction, the subject of a subordinate clause is put in the … Wikipedia
grammar — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Mode of speaking and writing Nouns 1. grammar; accidence, syntax, analysis, synopsis, praxis, punctuation, syllabi[fi]cation; agreement. See speech, language, writing. 2. a. part of speech; participle;… … English dictionary for students
accusative — [[t]əkju͟ːzətɪv[/t]] N SING: the N In the grammar of some languages, the accusative, or the accusative case, is the case used for a noun when it is the direct object of a verb, or the object of some prepositions. In English, only the pronouns me … English dictionary
accusative — /əˈkjuzətɪv/ (say uh kyoohzuhtiv) Grammar –adjective 1. denoting the case of a word which serves as the direct object of a verb, or the object of a preposition. –noun 2. the accusative case. 3. a word in the accusative case. Compare objective.… …
accusative — ac·cu·sative || É™ kjuËzÉ™tɪv n. case which marks the direct object of a verb (Grammar) adj. of the case which marks the direct object of a verb (Grammar) … English contemporary dictionary
accusative case — case which indicates the direct object of a finite verb (Grammar) … English contemporary dictionary
accusative — a. Grammar, objective; n. such case in declension of nouns … Dictionary of difficult words
Modern Greek grammar — Main article: Modern Greek The grammar of Standard Modern Greek, as spoken in present day Greece and Cyprus, is basically that of Demotic Greek, but it has also assimilated certain elements of Katharevousa, the archaic, learned variety of Greek… … Wikipedia
