oblique
- noun
- /əˈblik/
- Specialized
:
caso oblicuo
- The student found it challenging to distinguish between the nominative and oblique cases.
Examples
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Many modern English pronouns only preserve remnants of the oblique case.
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In Latin, the accusative is considered an oblique case.
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The oblique case shows the object.
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In grammar, an oblique form indicates a role.
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In Latin, the accusative is considered an oblique case.
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Many modern English pronouns only preserve remnants of the oblique case.
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The student found it challenging to distinguish between the nominative and oblique cases.
Synonyms
A form of a noun used as an object or after a preposition
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
A flat slanted muscle on each side of the belly that helps turn and support the upper body
- Specialized
A flat muscle on each side of the stomach that helps twist the body and pull in the waist
- Specialized
A small blood vessel on the back wall of the left upper heart chamber that drains into the coronary sinus
Surface Forms
Etymology
Oblique (as in 'oblique case') comes from the Latin obliquus 'slanting', meaning it is not the straight 'subject' form of a word. So an oblique case shows the word in another role, like the object or after a preposition.