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nominative Definition

nomi·na·tive (näm′ə nə tiv; for adj.1 & 2, also, -nāt′iv)

adjective

  1. appointed or filled by appointment
  2. having the name of a person on it, as a stock certificate
  3. Gram. designating, of, or in the case of the subject of a finite verb

Etymology: ME nomenatyf < OFr nominatif < L nominativus, belonging to a name < pp. of nominare: see nominate

noun

  1. the nominative case
  2. a word in this case

Etymology: L nominativus (casus)

nominative Usage Examples

Adjective modifier

  • predicate: The campaign promises are the predicate nominatives of the first and longest sentence, and feature again in the final sentence.

Modifies a noun

  • case: In Latin, the word for shopkeeper would therefore have an ending in the nominative case.
  • form: Shares may be issued to the bearer or in nominative form.
  • plural: A good English-German dictionary will normally list the genitive ending after the gender and before the nominative plural ending for a noun.
  • construction: Transitive verbs in other tense forms enter the nominative construction, which is the only one possible for intransitive verbs.
  • pronoun: For example, variation is found in nominative pronouns, but only in the third person where il alternates with elle.
  • analysis: For this reason the family reconstitution of the parish registers is based upon nominative analysis that is plagued by low linkage rates.