NOMINATIVE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nominative mean? 

• NOMINATIVE (noun)
  The noun NOMINATIVE has 1 sense:

1. the category of nouns serving as the grammatical subject of a verb

  Familiarity information: NOMINATIVE used as a noun is very rare.

• NOMINATIVE (adjective)
  The adjective NOMINATIVE has 3 senses:

1. serving as or indicating the subject of a verb and words identified with the subject of a copular verb

2. named; bearing the name of a specific person

3. appointed by nomination

  Familiarity information: NOMINATIVE used as an adjective is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NOMINATIVE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The category of nouns serving as the grammatical subject of a verb

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

nominative; nominative case; subject case

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)

• NOMINATIVE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Serving as or indicating the subject of a verb and words identified with the subject of a copular verb

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

predicate nominative

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Named; bearing the name of a specific person

Synonyms:

nominal; nominative

Context example:

nominative shares of stock

Similar:

specified (clearly and explicitly stated)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Appointed by nomination

Synonyms:

nominated; nominative

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)