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Meaning of "vocative" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD VOCATIVE

From Latin phrase vocātīvus cāsus the calling case, from vocāre to call.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF VOCATIVE

vocative  [ˈvɒkətɪv] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF VOCATIVE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Vocative can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES VOCATIVE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Vocative case

The vocative case is the case used for a noun that identifies a person being addressed or, occasionally, the determiners of that noun. A vocative expression is an expression of direct address where the identity of the party spoken to is set forth expressly within a sentence. For example, in the sentence, "I don't know, John," John is a vocative expression that indicates the party being addressed—as opposed to the sentence, "I don't know John," where John is the direct object of the verb "know." Historically, the vocative case was an element of the Indo-European system of cases, and existed in Latin, Sanskrit, and Classical Greek. Many modern Indo-European languages have lost the vocative case. Many, however, retain it, including the Baltic languages and most Slavic languages. Some linguists argue that the vocative form is not a case but a special form of nouns not belonging to any case, since vocative expressions are not related syntactically to other words in sentences.

Definition of vocative in the English dictionary

The first definition of vocative in the dictionary is relating to, used in, or characterized by calling. Other definition of vocative is denoting a case of nouns, in some inflected languages, used when the referent of the noun is being addressed. Vocative is also the vocative case.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH VOCATIVE


adjudicative
əˈdʒuːdɪkətɪv
applicative
əˈplɪkətɪv
communicative
kəˈmjuːnɪkətɪv
duplicative
ˈdjuːplɪkətɪv
educative
ˈɛdjʊkətɪv
evocative
ɪˈvɒkətɪv
explicative
ɪkˈsplɪkətɪv
fricative
ˈfrɪkətɪv
implicative
ɪmˈplɪkətɪv
indicative
ɪnˈdɪkətɪv
invocative
ɪnˈvɒkətɪv
locative
ˈlɒkətɪv
predicative
prɪˈdɪkətɪv
prejudicative
priːˈdʒuːdɪkətɪv
provocative
prəˈvɒkətɪv
replicative
ˈreplɪkətɪv
significative
sɪɡˈnɪfɪkətɪv
talkative
ˈtɔːkətɪv
uncommunicative
ˌʌnkəˈmjuːnɪkətɪv
unprovocative
ˌʌnprəˈvɒkətɪv

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE VOCATIVE

vocalise
vocaliser
vocalism
vocalist
vocality
vocalization
vocalize
vocalizer
vocally
vocalness
vocals
vocat.
vocation
vocational
vocational guidance
vocational school
vocationalism
vocationalist
vocationally
vocatively

WORDS THAT END LIKE VOCATIVE

active
administrative
alternative
collaborative
comparative
conservative
cooperative
creative
decorative
derivative
in the negative
informative
initiative
innovative
legislative
narrative
native
negative
quantitative
relative
representative

Synonyms and antonyms of vocative in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «vocative» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF VOCATIVE

Find out the translation of vocative to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of vocative from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «vocative» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

vocativo
570 millions of speakers

English

vocative
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सम्बोधन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ندائي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

звательный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

vocativo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সম্বোধনাত্মক কারক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

vocatif
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Vocative
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Vokativ
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

呼格
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

호격
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Vocative
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hô cách
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

விளிக்கிற
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वक्तृत्वपूर्ण
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

vokatif
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

vocativo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wołacz
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

кличний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

vocativ
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κλητική
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vokatief
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

vocativeavkänning
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

vocative
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of vocative

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «VOCATIVE»

The term «vocative» is normally little used and occupies the 111.637 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of vocative
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «VOCATIVE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «vocative» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «vocative» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about vocative

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «VOCATIVE»

Discover the use of vocative in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to vocative and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Vocative Constructions in the Language of Shakespeare
This study investigates the functions, meanings, and varieties of forms of address in Shakespeare s dramatic work.
Beatrix Busse, 2006
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Biblical Greek: Illustrated by Examples
22 33• ^ne Greek nominative and vocative are often identical in form, being distinguished only in the masculine and feminine singular, and not always there. Hence the tendency to eliminate the distinction even where the vocative has a form of ...
Max Zerwick, 1963
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Introduction to the Grammar of English
5.8 Vocatives One final functional concept I will, for convenience, introduce here is that of a vocative element, such as the Kim of (102) Kim. your father's here The most central use of the vocative is to attract the attention of the one(s) addressed  ...
Rodney Huddleston, 1984
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Vocative Figure
This is a work that wounds and inspires, that expands our notions of what poetry can be" -Paul Auster, ed. The Random House Book of Twentieth Century French Poetry.
Anne-Marie Albiach, 1992
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Vocative!: Addressing Between System and Performance
With 12 contributions covering the diversity of vocative marking, structures, and functions, as well as the relevance of vocatives for theoretical and methodological reasoning, this volume contributes to closing a significant gap in ...
Patrizia Noel Aziz Hanna, Barbara Sonnenhauser, 2013
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The Slavic Languages: Unity in Diversity
The Slavic Vocative and its Accentuation 1. The vocative, which as a live grammatical form has survived only in some of the modern Slavic languages, exhibits syntactic and morphological features which set it apart from the other forms of the ...
Edward Stankiewicz, 1986
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Out of Corpora: Studies in Honour of Stig Johansson
A vocative, on the other hand, is a particular kind of address term: a nominal constituent loosely integrated with the rest of the utterance. Vocatives are a surprisingly neglected aspect of English grammar.1 This paper takes a corpus- based ...
Hilde Hasselgård, Signe Oksefjell, 1999
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Wisdom, Authority and Grammar in the Seventh Century: ...
Epistola. 77. 14-93: The. vocative. of. ego. The first pronoun to be discussed is the finite pronoun ego, T, on which so many people raise countless questions, looking into how and why one and the same pronoun is made up of such dissimilar ...
Vivien Law, 2006
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The Origin of Christology
First, the vocative, kt1ne, must be cleared out of the way. Many writers 'on these matters make the mistake of counting instances of the vocative when they are preparing statistics for the application of kurios as a title to Jesus. But kurie is so ...
C. F. D. Moule, 1978
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The Legacy of the Kitåab: Såibawayhi's Analytical Methods ...
and forms like yā abah/abati/abatāh and yā ummah, ummāh, hālah, hālatāh, etc.; 131 (2) the use of ayyuhā in constructions of the type yā ayyuhā l-rağulu where the occurrence of the premonitory (tanbīh) particle -hā along with the vocative ...
Ramzī Baʻlabakkī, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «VOCATIVE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term vocative is used in the context of the following news items.
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Οι «Διακοπές στην Ελλάδα» κάνουν θραύση στο Google
«Οι αναζητήσεις στο Google για διακοπές στην Ελλάδα είναι περισσότερες απ' ό,τι τα τελευταία 10 χρόνια», αναφέρει το Vocative, επιχειρώντας παράλληλα μία ... «In.gr, Jul 15»
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Mother Of Boston Marathon Bomber Threatens U.S. Following Son's …
Vocative reported on the initial message and the publication's subsequent interview with Kasenova. She explained that, as a supporter of Tsarnaeva's cause, ... «Western Journalism, May 15»
3
Apostrophe Where Is Thy Comma?
Where discussions of the vocative comma have arisen recently, those who resist it cite what the New Yorker copy editor Mary Norris has called “playing by ear. «Chronicle of Higher Education, Apr 15»
4
CFR President Richard Haass: Baghdad And Southern Iraq Are …
MSNBC's Morning Joe features an original report from Vocative Media's Lindsey Snell about the large network of Shi'ite militias backed by the Iranian ... «RealClearPolitics, Mar 15»
5
Speaking Minnesotan: 'Um… Can I Get You a Pop There, Buddy?'
One study carefully considered 'colloquial vocatives'— or 'nouns that usually ... “Buddy” is the most commonly used vocative among Minnesota's Twitter users. «Minnesota Connected, Dec 14»
6
Islamic State Militants In Syria Ask Twitter To 'Suggest A Way To Kill …
According to Vocative, IS militants in Syria initiated a Twitter discussion on the best method to kill the pilot using the Arabic hashtag “Suggest a Way to Kill the ... «Huffington Post UK, Dec 14»
7
The dude map: How Americans refer to their bros
The fact that there are so few useful and innocent vocatives for women and people of color indicates biases both in our data and in the English language itself. «Quartz, Dec 14»
8
Ol' buddy, ol' pal: Minnesota's favorite terms of endearment
Not sure? A new article from Quartz says there's a good reason for it: that particular vocative (or a noun that refers to a person) is relatively uncommon here. «Rick Kupchella's BringMeTheNews, Dec 14»
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Inside the Life of a Man Who Makes up to $200000 a NIGHT …
There are only a select number of jobs in this world that make me go “WTF!?” The job of a male japanese host is one of them. A report by Vocative goes into the ... «NextShark, Nov 14»
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Vocativ unearths disturbing chatter ahead of Ferguson grand jury …
Vocative, which uses deep web searching technology in it journalistic efforts, found disturbing chatter about the tense situation in Ferguson. The post reads in ... «New York's PIX11 / WPIX-TV, Nov 14»

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« EDUCALINGO. Vocative [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/vocative>. Apr 2024 ».
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