Nominative Definition & Meaning

nominative
adjective
  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"
  3. appointed by nomination
noun
  1. the category of nouns serving as the grammatical subject of a verb

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