NOMINATIVE

nominated, nominative

(adjective) appointed by nomination

nominative, nominal

(adjective) named; bearing the name of a specific person; ā€œnominative shares of stockā€

nominative

(adjective) serving as or indicating the subject of a verb and words identified with the subject of a copular verb; ā€œnominative noun endingsā€; ā€œpredicate nominativeā€

nominative, nominative case, subject case

(noun) the category of nouns serving as the grammatical subject of a verb

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

nominative (not comparable)

Giving a name; naming; designating.

(grammar) Being in that case or form of a noun which stands as the subject of a finite verb.

Making a selection or nomination; choosing.

Noun

nominative (plural nominatives)

The nominative case.

A noun in the nominative case.

Source: Wiktionary


Nom"i*na*tive, a. Etym: [L. nominativus belonging to a name, nominative.] (Gram.)

Definition: Giving a name; naming; designating; -- said of that case or form of a noun which stands as the subject of a finite verb.

– n.

Definition: The nominative case.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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