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dative case

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  • noun grammar Case used to express direction towards an indirect object, the receiver, and is generally indicated in English by to or for with the objective case.

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  • noun the category of nouns serving as the indirect object of a verb

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hypernyms (2)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. oblique
  2. oblique case

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  1. Grammatical cases

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