Definition of nominative in English:
nominative
adjective ˈnɒmɪnətɪvˈnɑm(ə)nədɪv
1Grammar
Relating to or denoting a case of nouns, pronouns, and adjectives in Latin, Greek, and other inflected languages, used for the subject of a verb.
Example sentencesExamples
- It therefore cannot be further inflected as if it were a nominative singular noun.
- The disadvantage is that the nominative singular and the nominative plural look the same and you can only distinguish by context.
- Grounding is marked by a cluster of features pertaining to the verb and its subject, namely tense inflection, number agreement of the verb with its subject, and the nominative case of the subject.
- Early medieval Latin also allowed for the possibility of a dependent substantive clause with finite verb and subject in the nominative case.
- It's the nominative masculine plural definite article.
2Of or appointed by nomination as distinct from election.
noun ˈnɒmɪnətɪvˈnɑm(ə)nədɪv
Grammar 1A word in the nominative case.
Example sentencesExamples
- This is true of nominatives of all nouns other than some third declension consonant stems.
- If ‘to boldly go’ is a split infinitive, then ‘the happy cat’ is a split nominative.
- 1.1the nominative The nominative case.
Example sentencesExamples
- These would include the nominative (for the subject of a sentence), the accusative (for its object) and the genitive (to indicate possession).
- Other names on the sealing facets occur in either the nominative or the genitive.
Origin
Late Middle English: from Latin nominativus 'relating to naming', translation of Greek onomastikē (ptōsis) 'naming (case)'.
Definition of nominative in US English:
nominative
adjectiveˈnɑm(ə)nədɪvˈnäm(ə)nədiv
1Grammar
Relating to or denoting a case of nouns, pronouns, and adjectives (as in Latin and other inflected languages) used for the subject of a verb.
Example sentencesExamples
- The disadvantage is that the nominative singular and the nominative plural look the same and you can only distinguish by context.
- Grounding is marked by a cluster of features pertaining to the verb and its subject, namely tense inflection, number agreement of the verb with its subject, and the nominative case of the subject.
- Early medieval Latin also allowed for the possibility of a dependent substantive clause with finite verb and subject in the nominative case.
- It's the nominative masculine plural definite article.
- It therefore cannot be further inflected as if it were a nominative singular noun.
2Of or appointed by nomination as distinct from election.
nounˈnɑm(ə)nədɪvˈnäm(ə)nədiv
Grammar 1A word in the nominative case.
Example sentencesExamples
- This is true of nominatives of all nouns other than some third declension consonant stems.
- If ‘to boldly go’ is a split infinitive, then ‘the happy cat’ is a split nominative.
- 1.1the nominative The nominative case.
Example sentencesExamples
- These would include the nominative (for the subject of a sentence), the accusative (for its object) and the genitive (to indicate possession).
- Other names on the sealing facets occur in either the nominative or the genitive.
Origin
Late Middle English: from Latin nominativus ‘relating to naming’, translation of Greek onomastikē (ptōsis) ‘naming (case)’.