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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024er•ga•tive (ûr′gə tiv),USA pronunciation adj. - Grammar
- Grammar(in certain languages, as Basque, Eskimo, and some Caucasian languages) noting a case that indicates the subject of a transitive verb and is distinct from the case indicating the subject of an intransitive verb.
- similar to such a case in function or meaning, esp. in indicating an agent, as the subject She in She opened the door, in contrast to the subject The door in The door opened.
- Oceanography, Linguistics[Ling.]pertaining to a type of language that has an ergative case or in which the direct object of a transitive verb has the same form as the subject of an intransitive verb. Cf. accusative (def. 2).
n. [Gram.] - Grammarthe ergative case.
- Grammara word in the ergative case.
- Grammara form or construction of similar function or meaning.
- Greek ergát(ēs) worker (see ergate) + -ive
- 1945–50
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