Associations to the word «Nominative»

Wiktionary

NOMINATIVE, adjective. (grammar) Giving a name; naming; designating; — said of that case or form of a noun which stands as the subject of a finite verb.
NOMINATIVE, noun. The nominative case.
NOMINATIVE, noun. A noun in the nominative case.
NOMINATIVE ABSOLUTE, noun. (grammar) A grammatically independent element of a sentence realized in English as a noun phrase and a participle or adjective.
NOMINATIVE CASE, noun. (grammar) The case used to indicate the subject—or agent—of a finite verb.
NOMINATIVE CASE, noun. (obsolete) (grammar) The subject of a verb.
NOMINATIVE CASES, noun. Plural of nominative case
NOMINATIVE TYPE SYSTEM, noun. (software) a major class of type system, where compatibility and equivalence of data types is determined by explicit declarations or the name of the types.
NOMINATIVE TYPE SYSTEMS, noun. Plural of nominative type system

Dictionary definition

NOMINATIVE, noun. The category of nouns serving as the grammatical subject of a verb.
NOMINATIVE, adjective. Serving as or indicating the subject of a verb and words identified with the subject of a copular verb; "nominative noun endings"; "predicate nominative".
NOMINATIVE, adjective. Named; bearing the name of a specific person; "nominative shares of stock".
NOMINATIVE, adjective. Appointed by nomination.

Wise words

To use the same words is not a sufficient guarantee of understanding; one must use the same words for the same genus of inward experience; ultimately one must have one's experiences in common.
Friedrich Nietzsche