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nominative |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Nominative \Nom"i*na*tive\, a. [L. nominativus belonging to a name nominative.] (Gram.) Giving a name naming; designating; -- said of that case or form of a noun which stands as the subject of a finite verb -- n. The nominative case. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: nominative adj 1: (grammar) serving as or indicating the subject of a verb and words identified with the subject of a copular verb "nominative noun endings"; "predicate nominative" 2: named bearing the name of a specific person; "nominative shares of stock" [syn: {nominal}] 3: appointed by nomination [syn: {nominated}] n : the category of nouns serving as the grammatical subject of a verb [syn: {nominative case}, {subject case}] [ant: {oblique}]
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