allative case

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allativecase(pluralallative cases)

  1. (grammar)Acaseused to indicate movement onto, or to theadjacencyof something. In English, this is usually expressed by the prepositionstooronto,as in "to the house," "onto the house." Languages that use the allative case includeBasque,Dyirbal,Estonian,Finnish,Hungarian,andLithuanian.

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