VOCATIVE CASE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The case (in some inflected languages) used when the referent of the noun is being addressed

Synonyms:

vocative; vocative case

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

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

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

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