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Meaning of "nominative" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD NOMINATIVE

From Latin nōminātīvus belonging to naming, from nōmen name.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF NOMINATIVE

nominative  [ˈnɒmɪnətɪv] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF NOMINATIVE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Nominative can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES NOMINATIVE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Nominative case

The nominative case is one of the grammatical cases of a noun or other part of speech, which generally marks the subject of a verb or the predicate noun or predicate adjective, as opposed to its object or other verb arguments. Generally, the noun "that is doing something" is in the nominative, and the nominative is the dictionary form of the noun.

Definition of nominative in the English dictionary

The first definition of nominative in the dictionary is appointed rather than elected to a position, office, etc. Other definition of nominative is bearing the name of a person. Nominative is also the nominative case.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH NOMINATIVE


agglutinative
əˈɡluːtɪnətɪv
carminative
ˈkɑːmɪnətɪv
contaminative
kənˈtæmɪnətɪv
coordinative
kəʊˈɔːdɪnətɪv
decontaminative
ˌdiːkənˈtæmɪnətɪv
denominative
dɪˈnɒmɪnətɪv
determinative
dɪˈtɜːmɪnətɪv
discriminative
dɪˈskrɪmɪnətɪv
disseminative
dɪˈsemɪnətɪv
dominative
ˈdɒmɪnətɪv
eliminative
ɪˈlɪmɪnətɪv
exterminative
ɪkˈstɜːmɪnətɪv
germinative
ˈdʒɜːmɪnətɪv
illuminative
ɪˈluːmɪnətɪv
imaginative
ɪˈmædʒɪnətɪv
predeterminative
ˌpriːdɪˈtɜːmɪnətɪv
recriminative
rɪˈkrɪmɪnətɪv
ruminative
ˈruːmɪnətɪv
terminative
ˈtɜːmɪnətɪv
unimaginative
ˌʌnɪˈmædʒɪnətɪv

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE NOMINATIVE

nomina
nominable
nominal
nominal aphasia
nominal scale
nominal value
nominal wages
nominalism
nominalist
nominalistic
nominalization
nominalize
nominally
nominate
nominately
nomination
nomination paper
nominatival
nominatively
nominator

WORDS THAT END LIKE NOMINATIVE

active
administrative
alternative
collaborative
comparative
conservative
cooperative
creative
decorative
derivative
in the negative
informative
initiative
innovative
legislative
narrative
native
negative
quantitative
relative
representative

Synonyms and antonyms of nominative in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «nominative» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF NOMINATIVE

Find out the translation of nominative to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of nominative from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «nominative» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

主格
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

nominativas
570 millions of speakers

English

nominative
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कर्ताकारक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

إسمية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

именительном
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

nominativas
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

nominatival
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

nominatif
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Nominatival
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Nominativ
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

主格
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

주격
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nominatival
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

được bổ nhiệm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

nominatival
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

नामित
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

nominatival
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

nominativo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

mianownika
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

називному
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

nominative
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ονομαστική
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

nominatief
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

nominativ
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

nominativ
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of nominative

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «NOMINATIVE»

The term «nominative» is regularly used and occupies the 55.847 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «NOMINATIVE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «nominative» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «nominative» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about nominative

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NOMINATIVE»

Discover the use of nominative in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to nominative and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Non-nominative Subjects
A significant feature of these volumes is that authors with different theoretical perspectives study the intricate questions raised by these constructions.
Peri Bhaskararao, Karumuri V. Subbarao, 2004
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The Nominative & Accusative and Their Counterparts
This volume is devoted to the central cases relating to the basic oppositions between subject-object and agent-patient, viz. nominative and accusative, as well as their counterparts such as ergative and absolutive.
Kristin Davidse, Béatrice Lamiroy, 2002
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A Cultural Script Analysis of an English-Thai Bilingual ...
In this dissertation I hypothesize that the distinctive linguistic behavior of Lucy is explained by her use of two different cultural scripts, one based on Anglo-American cultural speaking practices and the other based on Thai cultural ...
Robert John Moonan, 2007
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Nominative Gestures: Poems from a Month Abroad
Nominative Gestures: Pigeons and Centers is a collection of poems by two friends that covers a wide variety of topics, such as aging, the passage of time, love, opera, and even former president Lyndon Johnson.
Larry Corse, 2005
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The Juvenile Expositor : Or: Sequel to the Common ...
[Rule 5, 1st part, and Rule llr] / is a personal pronoun, first person, singular number, nominative -case to the verb, ' hate.' Hate is a regular verb active, indicative mood, present tense, first person singular, agreeing with its nominative case, ...
Albert Picket, 1810
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An Appeal from the Absurdities and Contradictions which ...
We will now give some attention to an illustration of this definition of the nominative case. Boys, you were punished by the teacher. Has the word, lioys, a form which enables it to denote the subject ? Has the word, boys, a state which enables it ...
James Brown (grammarian.), 1850
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Proposed Plan for Political Organization: A Nominative and ...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Uriah B. Thomas, 2011
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Order and Constituency in Mandarin Chinese
This claim clearly falls outside of Burzio's Generalization. I suggest that this is related to the lack of expletives in Chinese. Generally, there are two ways that an NP is assigned nominative Case: through direct Case assignment or by being ...
Yen-hui Audrey Li, 1990
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Aristotle on Fallacies: Or, The Sophistici Elenchi
Therefore S (nominative) is P (accusative). No. When P the predicate is masculine, the neuter pronouns that and which may be replaced by masculine pronouns which distinguish the nominative and accusative cases1. If I asserted with ...
Aristotle, 1866
10
A Grammar of the Latin Language: For the Use of Schools and ...
In the plural number, with inter, se only is used, if the person or thing referred to is in the nominative or accusative ; se or ipse, if in any other case ; as, Fratres inter se cum forma, tum morlbus similes; Brothers resembling each other both in ...
Ethan Allen Andrews, Solomon Stoddard, 1839

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NOMINATIVE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term nominative is used in the context of the following news items.
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Local Counsel - A democratic process that is largely ignored
... of the fact that the merits of the elective process with all its inherent and attendant weaknesses, outweigh those of nominative process". «The Sun Daily, Jul 15»
2
Real estate sales on the South Shore, July 17
9 Crows Nest Lane, unit 9, 9 Crows Nest Lane Nominative Trust, and Stephen V. Smith to Robert J. and Ruthann C. Napoli, $446,000, June 26 ... «The Patriot Ledger, Jul 15»
3
EFF Defends What's Her Face? From Facebook
The First Amendment and trademark law allow for the nominative use (including in domain names) of trademarks to discuss and criticize ... «EFF, Jul 15»
4
Real estate sales on the South Shore, July 10
175 Enterprise St., DJP Nominative Trust, and Doris J. Prince to Michael P. and Mary H. Cully, $432,000, June 15, single family. 1408 Tremont ... «The Patriot Ledger, Jul 15»
5
It's the people versus dismal science as business digests budget
None of this nominative determinism quite matches Lombard's career high: covering the resignation of a banker called Mr Quitter. The headline ... «Financial Times, Jul 15»
6
The decline in grammar
I would add the invariant nominative, as in: “This seemed shocking to my husband and I” – from people who would never say: “. . . seemed ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»
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Jessie J didn't know what she was getting into. Source: Channel 9
Nominative determinism is the science of how the names of people and things influence what they become — think sprinter Usain Bolt, The ... «NEWS.com.au, Jul 15»
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Evel Economakis proves nominative determinism alive and well in …
Never before has nominative determinism (the cod scientific theory that names can dictate one's destiny) known a greater champion than a ... «The Independent, Jul 15»
9
Independence Day Open Thread || July 4, 2015
Wickedness, perversity,” from Latin diversitatem (nominative diversitas) “contrariety, contradiction, disagreement. And that's exactly how the ... «White House Dossier, Jul 15»
10
Ghost Fleet Reveals The Terrifying Future of Warfare
Russia is a nominative ally, and helps China launch a major assualt against US and allied holdings across the Pacific. Pearl Harbor is a literal ... «io9, Jun 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Nominative [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/nominative>. Apr 2024 ».
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