English Explanatory Dictionary

equative case

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A noun case in certain languages, including Ossetian and Sumerian, used to indicate likeness to something. In English grammar, it corresponds roughly to the use in English of prepositions like, as.

Word forms

equative case equative cases

Related words

grammatical case
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