grammatical case

/grəˌmædəkəl keɪs/

Other forms: grammatical cases

Definitions of grammatical case

1. noun

   nouns or pronouns or adjectives (often marked by inflection) related in some way to other words in a sentence
   synonyms: case

   types:

   nominative, nominative case, subject case

   the category of nouns serving as the grammatical subject of a verb

   oblique, oblique case

   any grammatical case other than the nominative

   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

   type of:

   grammatical category, syntactic category

   (grammar) a category of words having the same grammatical properties