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OBLIQUE CASE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any grammatical case other than the nominative
Synonyms:
oblique; oblique case
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("oblique case" is a kind of...):
case; grammatical case (nouns or pronouns or adjectives (often marked by inflection) related in some way to other words in a sentence)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "oblique case"):
accusative; accusative case; objective case (the case of nouns serving as the direct object of a verb)
dative; dative case (the category of nouns serving as the indirect object of a verb)
genitive; genitive case; possessive; possessive case (the case expressing ownership)
vocative; vocative case (the case (in some inflected languages) used when the referent of the noun is being addressed)
ablative; ablative case (the case indicating the agent in passive sentences or the instrument or manner or place of the action described by the verb)
