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ABLATIVE CASE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ablative case mean?
• ABLATIVE CASE (noun)
The noun ABLATIVE CASE has 1 sense:
1. the case indicating the agent in passive sentences or the instrument or manner or place of the action described by the verb
Familiarity information: ABLATIVE CASE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The case indicating the agent in passive sentences or the instrument or manner or place of the action described by the verb
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
ablative; ablative case
Hypernyms ("ablative case" is a kind of...):
oblique; oblique case (any grammatical case other than the nominative)
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