instructive case

noun

noun case used to indicate means. It answers the question "how?", and in English, this is usually expressed by the prepositional phrase by means of, as in "by means of the house". Languages that use the instructive case include Finnish and (rarely) Estonian.

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Meanings

nouninstructive case (plural instructive cases)

plural instructive cases

  1. grammarnoun case used to indicate means. It answers the question "how?", and in English, this is usually expressed by the prepositional phrase by means of, as in "by means of the house". Languages that use the instructive case include Finnish and (rarely) Estonian.

Translations

Catalan instructiu
  • instructiucase used to indicate means
Estonian viisiütlev, instruktiiv
  • viisiütlevcase used to indicate means
  • instruktiivcase used to indicate means
Finnish instruktiivi, keinonto
  • instruktiivicase used to indicate means
  • keinontocase used to indicate means
French instructif
  • instructifcase used to indicate means
German Instruktiv
  • Instruktivcase used to indicate means
Icelandic tækisfall
  • tækisfallcase used to indicate means
Latvian instruktīvs
  • instruktīvscase used to indicate means
Portuguese instrutivo
  • instrutivocase used to indicate means
Russian инструкти́в
  • инструкти́в (instruktív)case used to indicate means
Spanish caso instructivo
  • caso instructivocase used to indicate means
Swedish instruktiv
  • instruktivcase used to indicate means
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APA

instructive case. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/instructive%20case

MLA

“instructive case.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/instructive%20case. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “instructive case,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/instructive%20case.

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