locative

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UK/ˈlɒk.ə.tɪv/US/ˈlɑk.ə.tɪv/US/ˈloʊ.kə.tɪv/South Asia/lɵˈkeʈɪv/

adjective

Indicating place, or the place where, or wherein.

“a locative adjective”

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locative rolelocative case
OriginLatin locātīvus →
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Meanings

adjectivelocative (not comparable)
  1. not comparablegrammarIndicating place, or the place where, or wherein.

    a locative adjective

    1 more example

    the locative case of a noun

nounlocative (plural locatives)

plural locatives

  1. grammarThe locative case.

    Brian: Ah. Ah, dative, sir! Ahh! No, not dative! Not the dative, sir! No! Ah! Oh, the… accusative! Accusative! Ah! Domum, sir! Ad domum! Ah! Oooh! Ah! Centurion: Except that domus takes the…? Brian: The locative, sir! Centurion: Which is…?!

    1979, Monty Python's Life of Brian

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe semantic role of the noun phrase that designates the place of the state or action denoted by the verb

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locative role
Broader
semantic roleparticipant role

nounA case used to indicate place, or the place where, or wherein.

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locative case
Broader
obliqueoblique case
Also see
locative case

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinlocātīvus
  2. Englishlocative

From Latin locātīvus, from locus. In Indian English, by surface analysis, locate + -ive.

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APA

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MLA

“locative.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/locative. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “locative,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/locative.

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