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NOMINAL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A phrase that can function as the subject or object of a verb
Synonyms:
nominal; nominal phrase; noun phrase
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("nominal" is a kind of...):
phrase (an expression consisting of one or more words forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Existing in name only
Example:
the nominal (or titular) head of his party
Synonyms:
nominal; titular
Classified under:
Similar:
formal (being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress))
Sense 2
Meaning:
Named; bearing the name of a specific person
Example:
nominative shares of stock
Synonyms:
nominal; nominative
Classified under:
Similar:
specified (clearly and explicitly stated)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Insignificantly small; a matter of form only ('tokenish' is informal)
Example:
a tokenish gesture
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
minimal; minimum (the least possible)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Of, relating to, or characteristic of an amount that is not adjusted for inflation
Example:
nominal interest rates
Classified under:
Adjectives
Domain category:
economic science; economics; political economy (the branch of social science that deals with the production and distribution and consumption of goods and services and their management)
Antonym:
real (of, relating to, or representing an amount that is corrected for inflation)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Pertaining to a noun or to a word group that functions as a noun
Example:
noun phrase
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Domain category:
grammar (the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics))
Pertainym:
noun (the word class that can serve as the subject or object of a verb, the object of a preposition, or in apposition)
Sense 6
Meaning:
Relating to or constituting or bearing or giving a name
Example:
taxable males as revealed by the nominal rolls
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
name (a language unit by which a person or thing is known)
