"accusative case" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: accusative cases [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} accusative case (plural accusative cases)
  1. (grammar): 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". Categories (topical): Grammatical cases Synonyms: accusative, A. [abbreviation], acc. [abbreviation], ACC [abbreviation] Related terms: dative case, objective case, grammatical case
    Sense id: en-accusative_case-en-noun-Num14Gaj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

Inflected forms

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