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adjective/ˈæblətɪv/
/ˈæblətɪv/
(grammar)- (in some languages) in the form that a noun, a pronoun or an adjective can take to show, for example, who or what something is done by or where something comes from compare accusative, dative, genitive, instrumental (5), locative, nominative, vocativeTopics Languagec2
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