nominative | ||
1. | [ adjective ] appointed by nomination | |
Synonyms: | nominated | |
Related terms: | appointive | |
2. | [ adjective ] named; bearing the name of a specific person | |
Synonyms: | nominal | |
Examples: | "nominative shares of stock" |
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Related terms: | specified | |
3. | [ adjective ] (grammar) serving as or indicating the subject of a verb and words identified with the subject of a copular verb | |
Examples: | "nominative noun endings" "predicate nominative" |
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Related terms: | grammar | |
4. | [ noun ] (grammar) the category of nouns serving as the grammatical subject of a verb | |
Synonyms: | subject_case nominative_case | |
Related terms: | oblique case | |
Similar spelling: |
nominate nominated nonimitative nomination nominating nominator |