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DATIVE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does dative mean?
• DATIVE (noun)
The noun DATIVE has 1 sense:
1. the category of nouns serving as the indirect object of a verb
Familiarity information: DATIVE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The category of nouns serving as the indirect object of a verb
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
dative; dative case
Hypernyms ("dative" is a kind of...):
oblique; oblique case (any grammatical case other than the nominative)
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