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vocative

The correct spelling is vocative.

How to pronounce vocative

noun

IPA: /ˈvɒkətɪv/

Say it like: Voc-ati-ve

The correct spelling is vocative. (grammar) The vocative case

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Meanings

noun

  1. 1.(grammar) The vocative case
  2. 2.(grammar) A word in the vocative case
  3. 3.Something said to (or as though to) a particular person or thing; an entreaty, an invocation.

adjective

  1. 1.Of or pertaining to calling; used in calling or vocation.
  2. 2.(grammar) Used in address; appellative (said of that case or form of the noun, pronoun, or adjective, in which a person or thing is addressed). For example "Domine, O Lord"

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