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nominativeenUK
nom·i·na·tive N0132500 (nŏm′ə-nā′tĭv)adj.1. a. Appointed to office.b. Nominated as a candidate for office.2. Having or bearing a person's name: nominative shares.3. (-nə-tĭv) Grammar Of, relating to, or being the case of the subject of a finite verb (as I in I wrote the letter) and of words identified with the subject of a copula, such as a predicate nominative (as children in These are his children).n. (-nə-tĭv) Grammar 1. The nominative case.2. A word or form in the nominative case.nominative (ˈnɒmɪnətɪv; ˈnɒmnə-) adj1. (Grammar) grammar denoting a case of nouns and pronouns in inflected languages that is used esp to identify the subject of a finite verb. See also subjective62. appointed rather than elected to a position, office, etc3. bearing the name of a personn (Grammar) grammar a. the nominative caseb. a word or speech element in the nominative case[C14: from Latin nōminātīvus belonging to naming, from nōmen name] nominatival adj ˈnominatively advnom•i•na•tive (ˈnɒm ə nə tɪv, ˈnɒm nə- or, for 2,3, ˈnɒm əˌneɪ tɪv)
adj. 1. of, pertaining to, or being a grammatical case typically indicating the subject of a finite verb. 2. nominated; appointed by nomination. 3. made out in a person's name, as a certificate. n. 4. the nominative case. 5. a word or other form in the nominative case, as Latin nauta “sailor” in Nauta bonus est “The sailor is good” or the English pronoun I. nom′i•na•tive•ly, adv. nominativeA grammatical noun case that indicates the subject of a verb.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | nominative - the category of nouns serving as the grammatical subject of a verbnominative case, subject casegrammatical case, case - nouns or pronouns or adjectives (often marked by inflection) related in some way to other words in a sentenceoblique, oblique case - any grammatical case other than the nominative | | Adj. | 1. | nominative - serving as or indicating the subject of a verb and words identified with the subject of a copular verb; "nominative noun endings"; "predicate nominative"grammar - the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics) | | 2. | nominative - named; bearing the name of a specific person; "nominative shares of stock"nominalspecified - clearly and explicitly stated; "meals are at specified times" | | 3. | nominative - appointed by nominationnominatedappointed, appointive - subject to appointment |
TranslationsnominativeenUK
nominative (nŏm`ĭnətĭv), [Lat.,=naming], in Latin grammar, the casecase,
in language, one of the several possible forms of a given noun, pronoun, or adjective that indicates its grammatical function (see inflection); in inflected languages it is usually indicated by a series of suffixes attached to a stem, as in Latin amicus,
..... Click the link for more information. usually employed for the nounnoun
[Lat.,=name], in English, part of speech of vast semantic range. It can be used to name a person, place, thing, idea, or time. It generally functions as subject, object, or indirect object of the verb in the sentence, and may be distinguished by a number of formal criteria.
..... Click the link for more information. that is the subject of the sentence. The term is used in the grammar of languages with Latinlike features, but the case may in fact have different functions.AcronymsSeeNOMnominativeenUK
Related to nominative: predicate nominative, nominative case, objective caseSynonyms for nominativenoun the category of nouns serving as the grammatical subject of a verbSynonyms- nominative case
- subject case
Related WordsAntonymsadj serving as or indicating the subject of a verb and words identified with the subject of a copular verbRelated Wordsadj namedSynonymsRelated Wordsadj appointed by nominationSynonymsRelated Words |