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DATIVE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dative mean? 

DATIVE (noun)
  The noun DATIVE has 1 sense:

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

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


 Dictionary entry details 


DATIVE (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" is a kind of...):

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


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