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NOMINATIVE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The category of nouns serving as the grammatical subject of a verb
Synonyms:
nominative; nominative case; subject case
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("nominative" is a kind of...):
case; grammatical case (nouns or pronouns or adjectives (often marked by inflection) related in some way to other words in a sentence)
Antonym:
oblique (any grammatical case other than the nominative)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Appointed by nomination
Synonyms:
nominated; nominative
Classified under:
Similar:
appointed; appointive (subject to appointment)
Derivation:
nominate (propose as a candidate for some honor)
nominate (create and charge with a task or function)
nominate (charge with a function; charge to be)
nominate (put forward; nominate for appointment to an office or for an honor or position)
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:
Serving as or indicating the subject of a verb and words identified with the subject of a copular verb
Example:
predicate nominative
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:
nominative (the category of nouns serving as the grammatical subject of a verb)
