nominative case

/ˌnɑm(ə)nədɪv keɪs/
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Other forms: nominative cases

Definitions of nominative case
  1. noun
    the category of nouns serving as the grammatical subject of a verb
    synonyms: nominative, subject case
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    type of:
    case, grammatical case
    nouns or pronouns or adjectives (often marked by inflection) related in some way to other words in a sentence
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