DATIVE CASE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dative case mean? 

• DATIVE CASE (noun)
  The noun DATIVE CASE has 1 sense:

1. the category of nouns serving as the indirect object of a verb

  Familiarity information: DATIVE CASE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DATIVE CASE (noun)

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 case" is a kind of...):

oblique; oblique case (any grammatical case other than the nominative)