Accusative

Definitions: Accusative

Accusative

Adjective

1. Containing or expressing accusation; "an accusitive forefinger"; "black accusatory looks"; "accusive shoes and telltale trousers"- O.Henry; "his accusing glare".

2. (grammar) serving as or indicating the object of a verb or of certain prepositions and used for certain other purposes; "objective case"; "accusative endings".

Noun

1. The category of nouns serving as the direct object of a verb.

Date "accusative" was first used: 1434. (references)

Domain	Definitions
Literature	Accusative (The) Calvin was so called by his college companions. We speak of an "accusative age," meaning searching, one eliminating error by accusing it. "This hath been a very accusative age." - Sir E. Dering. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
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Synonyms: Accusative

Synonyms: accusatory (adj), accusing (adj), accusive (adj), objective (adj), accusative case (n), objective case (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Accusation	Adjective: accusing;Verb: accusatory, accusative; imputative, denunciatory; recriminatory, criminatory.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Accusative

English words defined with "accusative": Accusatival, accusative case, Accusatively ♦ govern. (references)

Etymologies containing "accusative": interim ♦ VIM. (references)

Domain	Title
Books	Goal accusative and object accusative in Homer : a contribution to the theory of transitivity (reference) Studies on the Latin accusative absolute (reference) (more book examples)
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"Accusative" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 75.00% of the time. "Accusative" is used about 4 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	75%	3	202,518
Noun (singular)	25%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	4	N/A

Expressions using "accusative": accusative case ♦ the sign of the accusative. Additional references.
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Language		Translations for "accusative"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaan		akkusatief (accusative case). (various references)

Albanian		akuzues (accusatory, criminative, criminatory, denunciative, denunciator, denunciatory), akuzativ, rasa kallëzore. (various references)

Arabic		‏حالة المفعول به, ‏حالة النصب. (various references)

Bulgarian		винителен падеж (objective), винителен. (various references)

Chinese		对� �. (various references)

Czech		akuzativní, akuzativ. (various references)

Dutch		vierde naamval (accusative case), accusatief (accusative case). (various references)

Esperanto		akuzativo. (various references)

Faeroese		hvønnfall (accusative case). (various references)

Finnish		akkusatiivi. (various references)

French		accusatif (accusative case). (various references)

German		Akkusativ (accusative case). (various references)

Greek		αιτιατική. (various references)

Hebrew		את (and, preposition of accusative case, together, with). (various references)

Hungarian		tárgyeset (accusative case, objective case). (various references)

Icelandic		þolfall (accusative case). (various references)

Indonesian		akusatip, penderita (object, sufferer, victim), kasus keempat. (various references)

Italian		accusativo. (various references)

Japanese Kanji		対� � (accusative case). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		たいかく (accusative case, constitution, diagonal, physique, tall building, the cabinet). (various references)

Manx		cassidagh (accused, indictable, litigant). (various references)

Papiamen		akusativo (accusative case). (various references)

Pig Latin		accusativeay.(various references)

Portuguese		acusativo (reproachful). (various references)

Romanian		acuzativ. (various references)

Russian		винительный. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		akuzativ, optužnički (accusatory, criminatory). (various references)

Spanish		acusativo. (various references)

Swedish		ackusativ (accusative case). (various references)

Turkish		akuzatif (accusative case), ismin -i hali (accusative case, objective, objective case). (various references)

Turkmen		aяypgyз (accusative (gram.)). (various references)

Ukranian		знахідний відмінок, знахідний. (various references)

Welsh		gwrthrychol (objective), cyhuddol. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	accusativus, casus accusativus. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "accusative": accusatives. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "accusative" (pronounced ukyuw"zutiv)
5	-z u t i v	acquisitive, causative, dispositive, inquisitive, positive.
4	-u t i v	additive, affirmative, alliterative, alternative, anticompetitive, argumentative, cognitive, commemorative, communicative, comparative, competitive, consecutive, conservative, consultative, contemplative, cumulative, curative, decorative, definitive, degenerative, demonstrative, derivative, diminutive, duplicative, evocative, executive, expletive, exploitative, Federative, figurative, fixative, formative, fugitive, generative, hypersensitive, illustrative, imaginative, imperative, indicative, infinitive, informative, initiative, inoperative, insensitive, interpretive, intuitive, laxative, lucrative, narrative, negative, neoconservative, noncompetitive, noncumulative, nonexecutive, normative, nutritive, operative, palliative, participative, pejorative, prerogative, preservative, preventative, primitive, prohibitive, provocative, punitive, putative, recuperative, relative, remunerative, rep, repetitive, representative, restorative, secretive, sedative, sensitive, speculative, superlative, talkative, tentative, ultraconservative, uncompetitive, uncooperative, unimaginative, uninformative, unrepresentative, vituperative.
3	-t i v	abortive, accommodative, accumulative, active, adaptive, addictive, adjective, administrative, adoptive, affective, appointive, appreciative, assaultive, assertive, attentive, attractive, authoritative, automotive, captive, collaborative, collective, combative, conductive, congestive, connective, constructive, contraceptive, cooperative, corrective, corruptive, counterproductive, creative, deceptive, defective, deliberative, descriptive, destructive, detective, digestive, dilutive, directive, disincentive, disparages, disruptive, dissipative, distinctive, distributive, effective, elective, elucidative, eruptive, exhaustive, exploitive, facultative, festive, furtive, hyperactive, imitative, inactive, inattentive, incentive, ineffective, infective, injunctive, innovative, instinctive, instructive, interactive, introspective, invective, inventive, investigative, irrespective, iterative, legislative, locomotive, manipulative, meditative, motive, native, nonautomotive, nonnative, nonproductive, objective, obstructive, octave, overactive, perceptive, perspective, photoconductive, plaintive, predictive, preemptive, presumptive, preventive, proactive, probative, productive, prognosticative, projective, prospective, protective, qualitative, quantitative, radioactive, reactive, receptive, reconstructive, redemptive, redistributive, reflective, refractive, regulative, rehabilitative, reproductive, respective, restive, restrictive, retroactive, retrospective, seductive, selective, stimulative, subjective, substantive, suggestive, superconductive, supportive, unattractive, unproductive, unreceptive, vegetative, vindictive.
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-c-c-e-i-s-t-u-v"
	-1 letter: causative.
	-3 letters: actives, ascetic, aviates, caustic, caveats, saccate, vacates.
	-4 letters: accuse, acetic, active, acuate, acutes, atavic, aviate, cactus, caseic, casita, caveat, cavies, civets, cuesta, cuties, evicts, savate, vacate, vesica.
	-5 letters: aceta, acute, aecia, avast, cacas, cacti, caeca, caste, cates, cause, caves, cavie, cesta, cesti, cites, civet, cusec, cutes, cutie, cutis, etuis, evict, ictus, saice, sauce, saute, scuta, scute, stave, suave, suite, taces, uveas, vacua, vatic, vatus, vesta, vices, vista, vitae.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-c-c-e-i-s-t-u-v"
	+1 letter: accusatives.
	+4 letters: circumvallates.
	+5 letters: circumnavigates.
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