English Explanatory Dictionary

subjective case

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The form of a noun or pronoun used as the subject of a finite verb. In the active voice this is the agent, in the passive voice the subject is the receiver of the action. In both cases the subject is the thing subjected to what is said about it, it is the “topic of the statement”.

Word forms

subjective case subjective cases

Synonyms

subject case nominative case

Antonyms

objective case

Related words

grammatical case
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