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English Dictionary: nominative by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nominative
adj
  1. serving as or indicating the subject of a verb and words identified with the subject of a copular verb; "nominative noun endings"; "predicate nominative"
  2. named; bearing the name of a specific person; "nominative shares of stock"
    Synonym(s): nominative, nominal
  3. appointed by nomination
    Synonym(s): nominated, nominative
n
  1. the category of nouns serving as the grammatical subject of a verb
    Synonym(s): nominative, nominative case, subject case
    Antonym(s): oblique, oblique case
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nominative \Nom"i*na*tive\, a. [L. nominativus belonging to a
      name, nominative.] (Gram.)
      Giving a name; naming; designating; -- said of that case or
      form of a noun which stands as the subject of a finite verb.
      -- n. The nominative case.
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