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locative

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loc·a·tive / ˈläkətiv/ Gram. • adj. relating to or denoting a case in some languages of nouns, pronouns, and adjectives, expressing location. • n. (the locative) the locative case. ∎ a word in the locative case.

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locative

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locative [Lat.,=placing], in the grammar of certain languages (e.g., Sanskrit), the case referring to location. Nouns in this case are often translatable into English phrases beginning with at, in, or on.

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