<p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>Grammar: (in certain inflected languages, as Sanskrit, Latin, and Russian) noting a case having as its function the indication of the subject of a finite verb, as in Latin <em>Nauta bonus est</em> “The sailor is good,” with <em>nauta</em> “sailor” in the nominative case.</li><li>Similar to such a case in function or meaning.</li><li>Compare subjective.</li><li>Nominated; appointed by nomination.</li><li>Made out in a person's name, as a certificate or security.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>The nominative case.</li><li>A word in the nominative case.</li><li>A form or construction of similar function or meaning.</li></ul>