(grammar) (in some languages) the form of a noun, a pronoun or an adjective when it is the DIRECTOBJECT of a verb, or connected with the DIRECTOBJECT:
In the sentence, 'I saw him today', the word 'him' is in the accusative.
compareDATIVE, GENITIVE, NOMINATIVE, VOCATIVE
accusative adjective:
The accusative forms of the pronouns 'I', 'he', 'she' and 'we' are 'me', 'her', 'him' and 'us'.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
Where does this definition of accusative come from?
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Is accusative a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, accusative is tagged as noun.
Does accusative appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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