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Synonyms

  1. dative case

Hypernyms (Type of)

  1. oblique
  2. oblique case

What Google Knows

In grammar, the dative case is a grammatical case used in some languages to indicate the recipient or beneficiary of an action, as in "Maria Jacobo potum dedit", Latin for "Maria gave Jacob a drink".

Related Definition

  1. dative:

    adj (grammar) Noting the case of a noun which expresses the remoter or indirect object, generally indicated in English by to or for with the objective.

    adj (obsolete, law) In one’s gift; capable of being disposed of at will and pleasure, as an office or other privilege.

    adj (obsolete, law) Removable, as distinguished from perpetual; — said of an officer.

    adj (obsolete, law) Given by a judge, as distinguished from being cast upon a party by the law itself.

    adj (sciences) Formed by two electrons contributed by one atom; see dative bond.

    adj (mathematics, obsolete) Given in advance; not needed to be calculated.

    n (grammar) The dative case.

    n (grammar) A word inflected in the dative case.


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