locative role

1. 1.

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

   Synonymslocative

   Broadersemantic role

Questions about locative role

What does locative role mean?

locative role means "the semantic role of the noun phrase that designates the place of the state or action denoted by the verb".

What is another word for locative role?

Close synonyms include locative. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is locative role a common word?

locative role is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.