VOCATIVE
\vˈə͡ʊkətˌɪv], \vˈəʊkətˌɪv], \v_ˈəʊ_k_ə_t_ˌɪ_v]\
Definitions of VOCATIVE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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the case (in some inflected languages) used when the referent of the noun is being addressed
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relating to a case used in some languages; "vocative verb endings"
By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Of or pertaining to calling; used in calling; specifically (Gram.), used in address; appellative; - said of that case or form of the noun, pronoun, or adjective, in which a person or thing is addressed; as, Domine, O Lord.
By Oddity Software
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Of or pertaining to calling; used in calling; specifically (Gram.), used in address; appellative; - said of that case or form of the noun, pronoun, or adjective, in which a person or thing is addressed; as, Domine, O Lord.
By Noah Webster.
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Relating to the act of calling or addressing by name; in grammar, pertaining to the case denoting a person or thing addressed.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman