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Nominative - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Nominative : adj
1: 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]
(noun)
1: the category of nouns serving as the grammatical subject of
a verb [syn: nominative case, subject case] [ant: oblique]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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Example Usage of Nominative |
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Mthgordon: @chicazul Major exception: declension of predicate Nominative pronouns (e.g. "It is I."), the most widely ignored rule in English grammar. |
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diskgrinder: Nominative determinism: Dave Whiner |
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osmarjardim: May I ? @kado56: This is virtually correct modern latin - e-Nominative, e-vocative, e-ccusative, e-genetive, e-dative, e-blative |
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