accusative
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ac·cu·sa·tive
(ə-kyū'zə-tĭv) 
adj.
adj.
- Of, relating to, or being the grammatical case that is the direct object of a verb or the object of certain prepositions.
- Accusatory.
- The accusative case.
- A word or form in the accusative case.
[Middle English acusatif, from Old French, from Latin (cāsus) accūsātīvus, (case) of accusation (mistranslation of Greek aitiātikē (ptōsis), causal (case), (case) indicating the thing caused by the verb , from aitiā, cause, also accusation, charge), from accūsātus, past participle of accūsāre, to accuse. See accuse.]
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accusative
is a grammatical term denoting a noun or pronoun that is governed by a verb or preposition, e.g. house in Then we saw the house and They stood in front of the house. In English it is only certain pronouns that change their form in the accusative (e.g. him, them, us): see cases.
| accountable, account, according | |
| accused, acid, acid test |
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accusative
accusative (əkyū'zətĭv') [Lat.,=accusing], in grammar of some languages, such as Latin, the case typically meaning that the noun refers to the entity directly affected by an action. The term is used for similar, but often not identical, features in the grammar of other languages. Thus in the English sentence "He helped him," him is in the accusative (or, as it is sometimes called, objective) case, he in the nominative.
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Accusative
Dansk (Danish)
adj. - ejefalds-, akkusativ-, genstandsfalds-
n. - akkusativ, ejefald
idioms:
- accusative case akkusativ, ejefald, genstandsfald
Nederlands (Dutch)
vierde naamval, accusatief (taalkunde)
Français (French)
adj. - accusatif
n. - accusatif
idioms:
- accusative case (Ling) cas accusatif
Deutsch (German)
adj. - akkusativisch, anklagend
n. - Akkusativ, vierter Fall, Wenfall
idioms:
- accusative case Akkusativ, vierter Fall, Wenfall
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (γραμμ.) αιτιατική (πτώση)
idioms:
- accusative case (γραμμ.) αιτιατική (πτώση)
idioms:
- accusative case accusativo (gramm.)
Português (Portuguese)
n. - acusativo (m), palavra (f) usada como complemento direto (Gram.)
idioms:
- accusative case caso (m) acusativo (Gram.)
idioms:
- accusative case винительный падеж
Español (Spanish)
adj. - del acusativo
n. - acusativo
idioms:
- accusative case caso acusativo
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - ackusativ
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
直接受格的, 受格
idioms:
- accusative case 直接宾语, 宾格
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 直接受格的
n. - 受格
idioms:
- accusative case 直接受詞, 受格
한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 대격의, 직접목적격의
n. - 대격, 직접목적격
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 対格
adj. - 対格の
idioms:
- accusative case 対格
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) عرضه للإتهام, متهم
עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - של יחסת המושא
n. - יחסת המושא, יחסת את, יחסת הפעול, אקוזטיב (בדקדוק)
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