dative

dative is a 6-letter English word with 6 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Noting the case of a noun which expresses the remoter object, and is generally indicated in English by to or for with the objective. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 11 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Noting the case of a noun which expresses the remoter object, and is generally indicated in English by to or for with the objective.
2. adjective. In one's gift; capable of being disposed of at will and pleasure, as an office.
3. adjective. Removable, as distinguished from perpetual; -- said of an officer.
4. adjective. Given by a magistrate, as distinguished from being cast upon a party by the law.
5. noun. The dative case. See Dative, a., 1.
6. noun. the category of nouns serving as the indirect object of a verb

Common word forms

datives, datively

Words from these letters

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