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nominative cases

nominative cases is the plural of nominative case.

Meaning of nominative case

Noun

nominative case (plural nominative cases)

  1. The case used to indicate the subject—or agent—of a finite verb.
    Synonyms:
    subjective case
  2. (obsolete) 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 Grammar, page 133

Questions about nominative cases

What is nominative cases the plural of?
Nominative cases is the plural of nominative case.

Words near nominative cases in the dictionary

  1. nominatival
  2. nominative
  3. nominative absolute
  4. nominative absolutes
  5. nominative case
  6. nominative cases
  7. nominative determinism
  8. nominative type system
  9. nominative type systems
  10. nominatively
  11. nominatives

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