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nominative case

noun
NOM-uh-nuh-tiv kays/ˈnɑmənətɪv ˌkeɪs/UKNOM-i-nuh-tiv kays/ˈnɒmɪnətɪv ˌkeɪs/

Pluralnominative cases

2 meanings of nominative case

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  1. 1
    nouncountable
    The form a noun or pronoun takes when it is the subject of a verb.

    The word "I" is in the nominative case, but "me" is not.

    In our first Russian class, we learned the nominative case.

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  2. 2
    the subject wordnounobsolete
    The word that is the subject of a verb.
    Every Verb, except in the Infinitive or the Participle, hath its Nominative Caſe, either expreſſed or implied [4]: as, "Awake, ariſe, or be for ever fall'n: that is, "Awake ye, &c."
    1763, Robert Lowth, A Short Introduction to English GrammarHere, Nominative Case means the subject of the verb, like ye in awake ye.
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