ABLATIVE CASE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The case indicating the agent in passive sentences or the instrument or manner or place of the action described by the verb

Synonyms:

ablative; ablative case

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("ablative case" is a kind of...):

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

Credits