Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

accusative case

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.51 in modern English

Syllables: ac-cusative -case
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

In English and other modern languages, the case used to mark the immediate object (direct object) on which the transitive verb acts. In Latin grammar, the accusative case (cāsus accūsātīvus) includes functions derived from the Indo-European accusative and lative cases; said Lative Case expresses concepts similar to those of the English prepositions "to" and "towards".

Inflected Forms

accusative cases (plural) A. (alternative, abbreviation) acc. (alternative, abbreviation) ACC (alternative, abbreviation)

Phrases

dative case objective case grammatical case

Frequently Paired Words

dative case objective case grammatical case

Synonyms

accusative objective case

Questions

What does accusative case mean?: In English and other modern languages, the case used to mark the immediate object (direct object) on which the transitive verb acts. In Latin grammar, the accusative case (cāsus accūsātīvus) includes functions derived from the Indo-European accusative and lative cases; said Lative Case expresses concepts similar to those of the English prepositions "to" and "towards".

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