OBLIQUE CASE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Any grammatical case other than the nominative

Synonyms:

oblique; oblique case

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("oblique case" is a kind of...):

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

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "oblique case"):

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)

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)