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ABLATIVE ABSOLUTE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ablative absolute mean?
• ABLATIVE ABSOLUTE (noun)
The noun ABLATIVE ABSOLUTE has 1 sense:
1. a constituent in Latin grammar; a noun and its modifier can function as a sentence modifier
Familiarity information: ABLATIVE ABSOLUTE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A constituent in Latin grammar; a noun and its modifier can function as a sentence modifier
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("ablative absolute" is a kind of...):
constituent; grammatical constituent ((grammar) a word or phrase or clause forming part of a larger grammatical construction)
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