Nominative

/ˈnɑm(ɪ)nətɪv/ · adjective

Meaning

Giving a name; naming; designating..

Definitions by Sense

1. Giving a name; naming; designating.
2. (grammar) Being in that case or form of a noun which stands as the subject of a finite verb.
3. Making a selection or nomination; choosing.
4. The nominative case.
5. A noun in the nominative case.

Example Sentences

nominative fair use

A telling marker of the change in the reporter's status was the elimination of the nominative reports (that is, the citation of the reports by the reporter's name). The first state to use “state reports” rather than the nominative designation was Connecticut (1814). Many other states made this change in the middle of the 19th Century or began their official reports with state reports.

To Duchamp, an artist's nominative act—the declaration itself regardless of the object—was itself the art. He could choose anything indifferent to, or even in spite of, its aesthetic merits.

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