ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Sublative

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /səˈbleɪtɪv/ · Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Sublative is a noun meaning (grammar) Of or relating to the sublative case.

Meaning

(grammar) Of or relating to the sublative case.

More Meanings

  1. Having power, or tending, to take away.
  2. (grammar) A case of nouns in Finno-Ugric languages used to express the destination of movement, originally onto the surface of something (e.g. climb onto a tree), and, by extension, in other figurative meanings as well (e.g. to university, or about (a subject)).

Example Sentences

Cessation dependent on a sublative act of the mind

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include softsub, subsidence, subsidation, soft sub, sink, upslant.

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