Meaning of nominative in English
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Classifying Adjective
nominativeDefinitions
1. namedExamples
- « bearing the name of a specific person »
- « nominative shares of stock »
Synonyms
- 2. appointed by nomination
Synonyms
Noun
nominativeDefinitions
1. the category of nouns serving as the grammatical subject of a verbAntonyms
Qualitative Adjective
nominativeEtymology
late Middle English: from Latin nominativus‘relating to naming’, translation of Greek onomastikē (ptōsis)‘naming (case)’Definitions
1. serving as or indicating the subject of a verb and words identified with the subject of a copular verbExamples
- « nominative noun endings »
- « predicate nominative »