cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
her
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɜː/
ipa: /hə/
ipa: /ə/
note: Humberside, Teesside, fair–fur merger
ipa: /hɛː/
note: Lancashire, fair–fur merger
ipa: /hɜː(ɹ)/
note: Liverpool, fair–fur merger
ipa: /heː/
ipa: /hɔː/
ipa: /æ/
ipa: /ɐ/
ipa: /hɛr/
ipa: /ˈhɝ/
ipa: /ˈhɚ/
ipa: /ɚ/
ipa: [ˈ(h)əɹ]
ipa: /høː/
homophone: hair
homophone: hare (both fair–fur merger)
homophone: a (non-rhotic, unstressed form)
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)
Forms: form: herė
form: hor
Etymology: From Middle English here, hir, hire, from Old English hire (“her”), from Proto-Germanic *hezōi (dative and genitive singular of *hijō).
Cognate with North Frisian hör, Saterland Frisian hier, hiere (“her”), West Frisian har (“her”), Dutch haar (“her”), German Low German hör (“her”), German ihr (“her”).
Senses: examples: text: Give it to her (after preposition)
text: He wrote her a letter (indirect object)
text: He treated her for a cold (direct object)
text: Him and her went for a walk (with a conjunction; proscribed)
text: Her's a bosting wench! (as a subject wihout a conjunction; dialectal)
text: "Then what became of her?"
"Her? Which ‘her’? The park is full of ‘hers’."
"The lady with the green feathers in her hat. A big Gainsborough hat. I am quite sure it was Miss Hartuff."
ref: February 1896, Ground-swells, by Jeannette H. Walworth, published in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine; page 183
text: I means to goo to th' mop, 'er sez, fur I waants a chahinge.[…]'T wuz to w:Muckley mop 'er went.
ref: 1897, Hamilton Kingsford, Vigornian Monologues: A Series of Papers in Illustration of the Dialect of Worcestershire, page 18:
text: “I’ll bet ’er wor a toe-rag,” said Morel, following up his joke. ¶ “Don’t you be so cheeky about a queen,” said Annie.
ref: 1913, D. H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, Penguin Lawrence Edition, Penguin, published 1994, →ISBN, page 213:
text: "It's all right," he was shouting. "Come out, Mrs. Beaver. Come out, Sons and Daughters of Adam and Eve. It's all right! It isn't her!" This was bad grammar of course, but that is how beavers talk when they are excited; I mean, in Narnia—in our world they usually don't talk at all.
ref: 1950, C. S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe:
text: Every day I had to watch as him and her went off for long walks together, and each night I had to go to my lonely, cold bed with the thought that they were sharing the same one […]
ref: 2013, James Tully, The Crimes of Charlotte Brontë:
text: "What's 'er say?" 'Er said: "Am yow a Yam Yam?", Ah said "Ar bab, I am!".
ref: 2019, “Am Yow A Yam Yam”performed by Johnny Cole:
glosses: The form of she used after a preposition, as the object of a verb, or (colloquial) as a subject with a conjunction; that woman, that ship, etc, or (dialect) as a subject without a conjunction.
Derived terms: 'er
God rest her soul
herness
herselves
herstorian
herstory
herstrionic
herstrionics
I hardly even know her
I hardly know her
kiss-her-in-the-buttery
let her rip
peace be upon her
put her there
whatshername
her
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɜː/
ipa: /hə/
ipa: /ə/
note: Humberside, Teesside, fair–fur merger
ipa: /hɛː/
note: Lancashire, fair–fur merger
ipa: /hɜː(ɹ)/
note: Liverpool, fair–fur merger
ipa: /heː/
ipa: /hɔː/
ipa: /æ/
ipa: /ɐ/
ipa: /hɛr/
ipa: /ˈhɝ/
ipa: /ˈhɚ/
ipa: /ɚ/
ipa: [ˈ(h)əɹ]
ipa: /høː/
homophone: hair
homophone: hare (both fair–fur merger)
homophone: a (non-rhotic, unstressed form)
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)
Forms: form: hers
form: herė
form: hor
Etymology: From Middle English here, hir, hire, from Old English hire (“her”), from Proto-Germanic *hezōi (dative and genitive singular of *hijō).
Cognate with North Frisian hör, Saterland Frisian hier, hiere (“her”), West Frisian har (“her”), Dutch haar (“her”), German Low German hör (“her”), German ihr (“her”).
Senses: examples: text: I think this bird is a him, but it may be a her.
text: […] daring dizzying passages in other, fleeting and passionate dwellings within the hims and hers whom she inhabits […]
ref: 1986, Hélène Cixous, Sorties (translated)
text: By this time, she had so many questions, but she only hit him up for one answer about those “hims” and “hers.” She asked, “Do both hims and hers reproduce hummers?”
ref: 2004, Charles J. Sullivan, Love and Survival, page 68:
glosses: A female person or animal.
Synonyms: she
our
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: ouə
note: r
enpr: ä
ipa: /ˈaʊə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ɑː(ɹ)/
ipa: /aː(ɹ)/
homophone: hour or Homophone: are
rhymes: -aʊə(ɹ) or Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)
enpr: ar
ipa: /ɑɹ/
ipa: [ɑɹ]
ipa: [ɑ˞]
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)
homophone: are
enpr: our
ipa: /ˈaʊɚ/
rhymes: -aʊə(ɹ)
homophone: hour
note: ə
enpr: ou
ipa: /æʊ(ə)/
ipa: /ɐː/
ipa: /aː(r)/
ipa: /ɐʋə(r)/
ipa: /ɐwə(r)/
ipa: /aʊ(ə)ɹ/
ipa: /aːɹ/
ipa: /ɑːɹ/
ipa: /ʌʊɹ/
ipa: /ɔːɹ/
homophone: ow stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn or Homophone: are
rhymes: -aʊ or Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)
Forms: form: wor
Etymology: From Middle English oure, from Old English ūre, ūser (“our”), from Proto-Germanic *unseraz (“of us, our”), from Proto-Indo-European *n̥-s-ero- (“our”). Cognate with Scots oor (“our”), West Frisian ús (“our”), Low German uns (“our”), Dutch onze (“our”), German unser, unsere (“our”) Danish vor (“our”), Norwegian vår (“our”), and more distantly Latin noster.
Senses: examples: You our the lifeblood of the game and we thank you for everything you do. https://www.basketballengland.co.uk/news/2022/2022-basketball-england-awards-national-winners-announced/
glosses: Misspelling of are.
their
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: enpr: thâr
homophone: they're
homophone: (pane–pain merger) there
ipa: /ðɛə/
ipa: /ðɛː/
ipa: /ðeɹ/
note: Lancashire, fair–fur merger
enpr: thûr
ipa: /ðɜː(ɹ)/
note: Lancashire, fair–fur merger
ipa: /ðɛɚ/
ipa: /ðɚ/
enpr: thär
ipa: /ðɑː(ɹ)/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)
homophone: tahr
homophone: Thar
ipa: [ðeːɹ]
ipa: /ðeː/
note: New Zealand, cheer–chair merger
enpr: thîr
ipa: /ðiə/
note: New Zealand, cheer–chair merger
note: without the cheer–chair merger
ipa: /ðeə/
note: Indic, rhotic
ipa: /d̪ʱɛjr/
note: pane–pain merger
ipa: /d̪ʱer/
note: Indic, non-rhotic
ipa: /d̪ʱɛjə/
note: Indic, non-rhotic
ipa: /d̪ʱe.jə/
note: pane–pain merger
ipa: /d̪ʱa/
note: th-alveolarisation
ipa: /zɛə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: thair
form: theire
form: theyr
form: theyre
form: thir
Etymology: From Old Norse þeirra. Replaced native Old English heora.
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of there.
their
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Pronunciation: enpr: thâr
homophone: they're
homophone: (pane–pain merger) there
ipa: /ðɛə/
ipa: /ðɛː/
ipa: /ðeɹ/
note: Lancashire, fair–fur merger
enpr: thûr
ipa: /ðɜː(ɹ)/
note: Lancashire, fair–fur merger
ipa: /ðɛɚ/
ipa: /ðɚ/
enpr: thär
ipa: /ðɑː(ɹ)/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)
homophone: tahr
homophone: Thar
ipa: [ðeːɹ]
ipa: /ðeː/
note: New Zealand, cheer–chair merger
enpr: thîr
ipa: /ðiə/
note: New Zealand, cheer–chair merger
note: without the cheer–chair merger
ipa: /ðeə/
note: Indic, rhotic
ipa: /d̪ʱɛjr/
note: pane–pain merger
ipa: /d̪ʱer/
note: Indic, non-rhotic
ipa: /d̪ʱɛjə/
note: Indic, non-rhotic
ipa: /d̪ʱe.jə/
note: pane–pain merger
ipa: /d̪ʱa/
note: th-alveolarisation
ipa: /zɛə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: thair
form: theire
form: theyr
form: theyre
form: thir
Etymology: From Old Norse þeirra. Replaced native Old English heora.
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of they’re.
Related terms: word: Ime
word: me
word: myselfmemysen
word: mine
word: mymineme
word: we
word: us
word: ourselvesourselfoursen
word: oursourn
word: our
word: you
word: yourselfyoursen
word: yoursyourn
word: your
word: thou
word: thee
word: thyselftheeselfthysen
word: thine
word: thythine
word: youye
word: yourselves
word: you ally'all you guys
word: y'allselves
word: all yours y'all's you guys' your guys'
word: all your y'all's your all's you guys' your guys'
word: he
word: him
word: himselfhisselfhissen
word: hishisn
word: his
word: she
word: her
word: herselfhersen
word: hershern
word: ithit
word: itselfhitself
word: itshis
word: itshishits
word: they
word: them
word: themself
word: themselves
word: theirs
word: one
word: oneself
word: –
word: one's
word: themhem
word: 'em
word: themselvestheirsen
word: theirstheirn
word: The following table shows a list of English personal pronoun
word: including archaic and dialectal forms. Dialectal and obsolete
word: archaic forms are in italics. 1 See Appendix:English third-person singular pronouns for attested neopronoun.
subordinate clause
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subordinate clauses
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
synonyms: dependent clause
embedded clause
hypernyms: clause
coordinate_terms: main clause
independent clause
glosses: A clause that cannot stand alone as a sentence but rather functions as either a noun, adjective, or adverb within a sentence, having been cued by any of various introductory words that subordinate it (complementize it).
Derived terms: subclause
action
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæk.ʃn̩/
rhymes: -ækʃən
Forms: form: action!
Etymology: From Middle English accioun, accion, from Old French aucion, acciun, from Latin āctiō(n) (“act of doing or making”), from āct(us) + action suffix -iō(n), perfect passive participle of agere (“do, act”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti. See also act, active. By surface analysis, act + -ion.
Senses: examples: text: The director yelled ‘Action!’ after the cameras started rolling.
antonyms: cut
glosses: Demanding or signifying the start of something, usually a performance.
action
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæk.ʃn̩/
rhymes: -ækʃən
Forms: form: more action
form: most action
Etymology: From Middle English accioun, accion, from Old French aucion, acciun, from Latin āctiō(n) (“act of doing or making”), from āct(us) + action suffix -iō(n), perfect passive participle of agere (“do, act”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti. See also act, active. By surface analysis, act + -ion.
Senses: glosses: arrogant
cardinal number
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cardinal numbers
Senses: examples: text: The smallest cardinal numbers are 0, 1, 2, and 3.
text: The cardinal number “three” can be represented as “3” or “three”.
glosses: A number used to denote quantity; a counting number; a cardinal.
examples: text: This cardinal number is the smallest of the infinite cardinal numbers; it is the one to which Cantor has appropriated the Hebrew Aleph with the suffix 0, to distinguish it from larger infinite cardinals. Thus the name of the smallest of infinite cardinals is ℵ₀.
ref: 1920, Bertrand Russell, Introduction to Mathematical Philosophy, page 83:
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A generalized kind of number used to denote the size of a set, including infinite sets.
examples: text: “Three” is a cardinal number, while “third” is an ordinal number.
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A word that expresses a countable quantity; a cardinal numeral.
Synonyms: word: cardinal
word: word
Coordinate terms: topics: grammar
linguistics
human-sciences
sciences
word: distributive number
topics: grammar
linguistics
human-sciences
sciences
word: multiplier
topics: grammar
linguistics
human-sciences
sciences
word: ordinal number
dative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: dāt'ĭv
ipa: /ˈdeɪtɪv/
rhymes: -eɪtɪv
Etymology: From Latin datīvus (“appropriate for giving”), itself from datus (the past participle of dō (“I give”)) + -īvus (“-ive”).
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Denoting the case of a noun which expresses the remoter or indirect object, generally indicated in English by to or for with the objective.
topics: law
glosses: In one’s gift; capable of being disposed of at will and pleasure, as an office or other privilege.
topics: law
glosses: Removable, as distinguished from perpetual; — said of an officer.
topics: law
glosses: Given by a judge, as distinguished from being cast upon a party by the law itself.
topics: sciences
glosses: Formed by two electrons contributed by one atom; see dative bond.
topics: mathematics
sciences
antonyms: quesitive
glosses: Given in advance; not needed to be calculated.
Derived terms: dative alternation
dative bond
dative case
dative executor
datively
dative of purpose
dative shift
dative sickness
dativization
dativize
nondative
dative
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: dāt'ĭv
ipa: /ˈdeɪtɪv/
rhymes: -eɪtɪv
Forms: form: datives
Etymology: From Latin datīvus (“appropriate for giving”), itself from datus (the past participle of dō (“I give”)) + -īvus (“-ive”).
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: The dative case.
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A word inflected in the dative case.
Derived terms: dative absolute
double dative
ethical dative
ethic dative
partitive dative
personal dative
main clause
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: main clauses
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
synonyms: coordinate clause
independent clause
coordinate_terms: subordinate clause
matrix clause
glosses: A clause that can stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence and contains at least a subject and a verb.
imperative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪmˈpɛɹ.ə.tɪv/
ipa: /ɪmˈpɛɹ.ə.tɪv/
ipa: [ɪmˈpɛɹ.ə.ɾɪv]
ipa: /ɪmˈpeɹ.ə.tɪv/
ipa: [ɪmˈpeɹ.ə.ɾɪv]
Forms: form: more imperative
form: most imperative
form: imp.
form: imper.
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin imperātīvus.
Senses: examples: text: That you come here right now is imperative.
text: Meantime, alterations at King William Street had become imperative, and by December 22, 1895, the station had been remodelled, as at Stockwell, to provide an island platform with lines each side, and a scissors crossing.
ref: 1941 May, “Jubilee of the City Tube”, in Railway Magazine, page 224:
text: Give this document to Ozzy. It's imperative that he reads and understands it. Got it?
ref: 2019, Con Man Games, SmashGames, quoting Felix, Kindergarten 2, SmashGames:
glosses: Essential; crucial; extremely important.
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
hypernyms: mandative#Adjective
glosses: Of, or relating to the imperative mood.
topics: computing
computing-theory
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
antonyms: functional
glosses: Having semantics that incorporates mutable variables.
examples: text: imperative orders
text: The suits of kings are imperative.
ref: 1612–1626, [Joseph Hall], “(please specify the page)”, in [Contemplations vpon the Principall Passages of the Holy Storie], volume (please specify |volume=II, V, or VI), London, →OCLC:
glosses: Expressing a command; authoritatively or absolutely directive.
Derived terms: imperatival
imperative language
imperativeness
imperative programming
imperativist
nonimperative
postimperative
unimperative
whimperative
imperative
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪmˈpɛɹ.ə.tɪv/
ipa: /ɪmˈpɛɹ.ə.tɪv/
ipa: [ɪmˈpɛɹ.ə.ɾɪv]
ipa: /ɪmˈpeɹ.ə.tɪv/
ipa: [ɪmˈpeɹ.ə.ɾɪv]
Forms: form: imperatives
form: imp.
form: imper.
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin imperātīvus.
Senses: examples: text: The verbs in sentences like "Do it!" and "Say what you like!" are in the imperative.
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
synonyms: imperative mood
coordinate_terms: assertoric
interrogative
glosses: The grammatical mood expressing an order (see jussive). In English, the imperative form of a verb is the same as that of the bare infinitive.
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A verb in the imperative mood.
examples: text: Visiting Berlin is an imperative.
text: Anything grandiose or historically based tends to sound flat and banal when it reaches English, partly because translators get stuck between contradictory imperatives: juggling fidelity to the original sense with what is vocally viable, they tend to resort to a genteel fustian which lacks either poetic resonance or demotic realism, adding to a sense of artificiality rather than enhancing credibility.
ref: 2014 March 1, Rupert Christiansen, “English translations rarely sing”, in The Daily Telegraph (Review), page R19:
text: The new imperative for investment is the Government's objective to secure carbon-neutral transport emissions by 2040.
ref: 2020 December 2, Industry Insider, “The costs of cutting carbon”, in Rail, page 76:
glosses: An essential action, a must: something which is imperative.
Synonyms: required
Derived terms: word: biological imperative
word: categorical imperative
word: compound imperative
topics: grammar
linguistics
human-sciences
sciences
word: first imperative
word: hypothetical imperative
word: moral imperative
topics: grammar
linguistics
human-sciences
sciences
word: second imperative
Related terms: jussive
volitive
main verb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: main verbs
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: In a clause, the verb with the highest semantic content, contrasted with auxiliary verb.
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: In a sentence, the main-clause verb with the highest semantic content.
Synonyms: full verb
lexical verb
auxiliary verb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɔːɡˈzɪljəɹi ˈvɜː(ɹ)b/
Forms: form: auxiliary verbs
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
synonyms: auxiliary
helper verb
helping verb
glosses: A verb that accompanies the main verb in a clause in order to make distinctions in tense, mood, voice or aspect.
Hyponyms: word: temporal auxiliary verb
word: temporal auxiliary
word: modal auxiliary verb
word: modal auxiliary
Related terms: sense: examples of English auxiliary verbs
word: be
sense: examples of English auxiliary verbs
word: am
sense: examples of English auxiliary verbs
word: is
sense: examples of English auxiliary verbs
word: are
sense: examples of English auxiliary verbs
word: was
sense: examples of English auxiliary verbs
word: were
sense: examples of English auxiliary verbs
word: being
sense: examples of English auxiliary verbs
word: been
sense: examples of English auxiliary verbs
word: art
sense: examples of English auxiliary verbs
word: can
sense: examples of English auxiliary verbs
word: could
sense: examples of English auxiliary verbs
word: do
sense: examples of English auxiliary verbs
word: does
sense: examples of English auxiliary verbs
word: did
sense: examples of English auxiliary verbs
word: have
sense: examples of English auxiliary verbs
word: has
sense: examples of English auxiliary verbs
word: had
sense: examples of English auxiliary verbs
word: may
sense: examples of English auxiliary verbs
word: might
sense: examples of English auxiliary verbs
word: must
sense: examples of English auxiliary verbs
word: shall
sense: examples of English auxiliary verbs
word: should
sense: examples of English auxiliary verbs
word: will
sense: examples of English auxiliary verbs
word: would
word: Other types of verbs: Thesaurus:verb
infinitive
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈfɪnɪtɪv/
ipa: /ɪnˈfɪnətɪv/
Forms: form: infinitives
Etymology: From Middle English infenitife (“without end, in perpetuity”), from Late Latin īnfīnītīvus (“unlimited, indefinite”), from Latin īnfīnītus (“unlimited, infinite”). By surface analysis, infinite + -ive.
Senses: examples: text: The MANNERS of acting, in grammar called modes or moods, are four; Infinitive, Imperative, Indicative, Subjunctive or Conjunctive.
ref: 1847, J. J. P. Le Brethon, L. Sandier, Guide to the French language; especially devised for persons who wish to study that language without the assistance of a teacher. the tenth edition, revised and corrected, London, page 69:
text: There are four moods, the Infinitive, Imperative, Indicative, and Subjunctive. [...] the Infinitive is used to express a thing in a general manner.
ref: 1857, Henry Tindall, A grammar and vocabulary of the Namaqua-Hottentot language, page 38:
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: The infinitive mood or mode (a grammatical mood).
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A non-finite verb form considered neutral with respect to inflection; depending on language variously found used with auxiliary verbs, in subordinate clauses, or acting as a gerund, and often as the dictionary form.
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A verbal noun formed from the infinitive of a verb.
Hypernyms: sense: mood or mode
word: grammatical mood
sense: mood or mode
word: mood
sense: mood or mode
word: mode
word: verbal
Derived terms: bare infinitive
full infinitive
infinitival
infinitive marker
infinitive of purpose
perfect infinitive
split an infinitive
split infinitive
to-infinitive
zu-infinitive
Related terms: gerund
supine
lemma
verb
infinitive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈfɪnɪtɪv/
ipa: /ɪnˈfɪnətɪv/
Etymology: From Middle English infenitife (“without end, in perpetuity”), from Late Latin īnfīnītīvus (“unlimited, indefinite”), from Latin īnfīnītus (“unlimited, infinite”). By surface analysis, infinite + -ive.
Senses: examples: text: INFINITIVE MOOD or MANNER.
To Have, Avoir.
ref: 1847, J. J. P. Le Brethon, L. Sandier, Guide to the French language; especially devised for persons who wish to study that language without the assistance of a teacher. the tenth edition, revised and corrected, London, page 70:
text: In English there are four moods:–1. The Infinitive Mood. 2. The Indicative Mood. 3. the Imperative Mood. 4. The Subjunctive Mood.
ref: 1858, C. P. Mason, English grammar; including the principles of grammatical analysis, London, page 32:
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Formed with the infinitive.
examples: text: […] to search out in some higher region of infinitive space a spot where it was impossible for defilement to follow them […]
ref: a. 1823, Cunningham's Sermons (quoted in 1823, The Edinburgh Christian Instructor, volume 23, page 328)
glosses: Unlimited; not bounded or restricted; undefined.
Derived terms: infinitively
vowel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: vouʹəl
ipa: /ˈvaʊ.əl/
enpr: voul
ipa: /vaʊl/
rhymes: -aʊəl
rhymes: -aʊl
Forms: form: vowels
Etymology: From Middle English vouel, from Old French vouel, a variant of voyeul (whence French voyelle), from Latin vōcālis (“voiced”), itself a semantic loan of Koine Greek φωνῆεν (phōnêen). Doublet of vocal and vocalis.
Senses: examples: text: In Welsh, the w usually represents a vowel.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonetics
phonology
sciences
glosses: A sound produced by the vocal cords with relatively little restriction of the oral cavity, forming the prominent sound of a syllable.
examples: text: Facetiously is spelled with all six vowels in alphabetical order.
topics: communications
journalism
literature
media
orthography
publishing
writing
glosses: A letter or diacritic representing the sound of a vowel; in English, the vowels are a, e, i, o, u, w (rarely), y (sometimes).
Hypernyms: sense: sound
word: sonorant
sense: sound
word: resonant
Derived terms: back vowel
cardinal vowel
dark vowel
disemvowel
echo vowel
front vowel
full vowel
gliding vowel
half-long vowel
happy vowel
inherent vowel
lax vowel
linking vowel
linking vowell
long vowel
long-vowel mark
nasal vowel
natural vowel
neutral vowel
oral vowel
overlong vowel
prop vowel
R-coloured vowel
reduced vowel
rhotacized vowel
rounded vowel
semivowel
semi-vowel
short vowel
tense vowel
thematic vowel
unrounded vowel
vowel harmony
vowelization
vowelisation
vowelize
vowelise
vowel killer
vowelless
vowelling
vowel lowering
vowel mutation
vowel point
vowel pointing
vowel quantity
vowel reduction
vowel rhyme
vowel sign
Related terms: word: vocalic
word: consonant
word: liquid
word: vocalization
english: occurring before a vowel
translation: occurring before a vowel
word: prevocalic
english: occurring between vowels
translation: occurring between vowels
word: intervocalic
english: occurring after a vowel
translation: occurring after a vowel
word: postvocalic
word: front
word: central
word: back
word: rounded
word: unrounded
word: close
word: near-close
word: close-mid
word: mid
word: open-mid
word: near-open
word: open
vowel
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: vouʹəl
ipa: /ˈvaʊ.əl/
enpr: voul
ipa: /vaʊl/
rhymes: -aʊəl
rhymes: -aʊl
Forms: form: vowels
form: voweling
form: vowelling
form: voweled
form: voweled
form: vowelled
form: vowelled
Etymology: From Middle English vouel, from Old French vouel, a variant of voyeul (whence French voyelle), from Latin vōcālis (“voiced”), itself a semantic loan of Koine Greek φωνῆεν (phōnêen). Doublet of vocal and vocalis.
Senses: examples: text: However it should be vowelled – perhaps ‘Almaqah’ – his name seems to be composed of ‘Il’, the general name of the paramount Semitic deity […], plus another element that is possibly from the Sabaic verb wqh, ‘to command’ […].
ref: 2019, Tim Mackintosh-Smith, Arabs, Yale University Press, page 52:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: To add vowel points to a consonantal script (e.g. niqqud in Hebrew or harakat in Arabic).
Synonyms: vowelize
vocalize
loan word
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: loan words
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of loanword.
article
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɑːtɪkl̩/
ipa: [ˈɑːtʰɪkʰəɫ]
ipa: /ˈɑɹtɪkəl/
ipa: /ˈɑɹtəkl̩/
ipa: [ˈɑ(ː)ɹɾɨkɫ̩]
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)tɪkəl
Forms: form: articles
form: articling
form: articled
form: articled
Etymology: From Middle English article, from Old French article, from Latin articulus (“a joint, limb, member, part, division, the article in grammar, a point of time”), from Latin artus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂értus (“that which is fit together; juncture, ordering”), from the root *h₂er- (“to join, fit (together)”). Doublet of articulus.
Senses: examples: text: to article an apprentice to a mechanic
text: When the boy left school at Liskeard, he was articled to a lawyer, Mr. Jacobson, at Plymouth, a wealthy man in good practice, first cousin to his mother; but this sort of profession did not at all approve itself to Robert's taste, and he only remained with Mr. Jacobson a few months.
ref: 1876, Sabine Baring-Gould, “Chapter LIV”, in The Vicar of Morwenstow:
text: After educational training at Hayes Grammar School and Hayes College, Mr. Nokes was articled to a Surveyor and Land Agent in 1885, and, at the expiration of his articles, became a partner in the firm.
ref: 1948 May and June, “G. A. Sekon”, in Railway Magazine, page 145:
glosses: To bind by articles of apprenticeship.
examples: text: At noon dined alone with Sir W. Batten, where great discourse of Sir W. Pen, Sir W. Batten being, I perceive, quite out of love with him, thinking him too great and too high, and began to talk that the world do question his courage, upon which I told him plainly I have been told that he was articled against for it, and that Sir H. Vane was his great friend therein.
ref: 1665 April 4 (date written; Gregorian calendar), Samuel Pepys, Mynors Bright, transcriber, “March 25th, 1665 (Lady day)”, in Henry B[enjamin] Wheatley, editor, The Diary of Samuel Pepys […], volume IV, London: George Bell & Sons […]; Cambridge: Deighton Bell & Co., published 1894, →OCLC, page 381:
text: […] if the Captain of any Merchant ship under convoy shall wilfully disobey Signals […] he shall be liable to be articled against in the High Court of Admiralty […]
ref: 1793, Manning of the Navy Act (Statutes of George III 33 c. 66) ¶VIIIhttps://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.31970009469807
glosses: To accuse or charge by an exhibition of articles or accusations.
examples: text: If […]all his errors and follies were articled against him, the man would seem vicious and miserable.
ref: 1651, Jer[emy] Taylor, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Francis Ashe […], →OCLC:
glosses: To formulate in articles; to set forth in distinct particulars.
Derived terms: articled clerk
direct object
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: direct objects
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: The noun or noun phrase that a verb is directly acting upon.
raw_tags: in languages without cases
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Such an object when it is in the accusative case, but (generally) not when it is in another case.
raw_tags: in languages with case distinctions
Related terms: subject
indirect object
passive voice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: passive voices
Senses: examples: text: The passive voice is sometimes criticized for de-emphasizing the actor.
text: Many languages, including English, use auxiliary verbs in constructing the passive voice.
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: The form of a transitive verb in which its subject receives the action.
examples: text: Phrases such as officer-involved shooting are often criticized as examples of passive voice.
text: On Saturday, in his first response to Charlottesville, Mr. Trump condemned the violence "on many sides." Then he lapsed into the passive voice, expressing, as he has before, a sense of futility that the divisions between Americans would ever be healed.
"It's been going on for a long time in our country," he said.
ref: 2017 August 17, Mark Landler, “Where Predecessors Set Moral Standard, Trump Steps Back”, in New York Times:
text: Describing how the assault weapon would operate, Zworykin used the passive voice. Interactions that would have relied on both image and operator were attributed instead to airplane and camera. For example, he explains: "The carrier airplane receives the picture viewed by the torpedo while remaining at an altitude beyond artillery range."
ref: 2017 October 19, Lisa Parks, Caren Kaplan, Life in the Age of Drone Warfare, Duke University Press, →ISBN:
text: Ashby: Access to care has always been an issue in certain demographics prior to the pandemic. We talk a lot about disparities, and I actually dislike those terms: disparities and inequality, all that, yada, yada.
Harris: Is it the passive voice you don't like?
ref: 2021 August 9, Mary Harris, “Newsflash: Coronavirus ain't going anywhere”, in Slate:
glosses: Any writing which obscures the identity of the perpetrator of an action, regardless of whether the sentence uses the passive form of a verb.
Coordinate terms: word: active voice
word: antipassive voice
word: mediopassive voice
word: middle voice
word: verb
impersonal subject
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: impersonal subjects
Senses: glosses: a pronoun such as it used as the subject of a clause involving weather, distance, or time
masculine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: măsk'yo͝ol(ĭ)n
enpr: măsk'yələn
ipa: /ˈmæskjʊlɪn/
ipa: /ˈmæskjələn/
enpr: măsk'yələn
ipa: /ˈmæskjələn/
enpr: măsk'yələn
ipa: /ˈmæskjələn/
Forms: form: more masculine
form: most masculine
form: m.
form: m
Etymology: From Middle English masculyne, masculyn, from Old French masculin, from Latin masculīnus, diminutive of masculus (“male, manly”), itself a diminutive of mās (“male”). Displaced native Old English werlīċ (literally “manly”).
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the male gender; manly.
synonyms: male
antonyms: female
womanly
glosses: Of or pertaining to the male sex; biologically male, not female.
examples: text: “John”, “Paul”, and “Jake” are masculine names.
glosses: Belonging to males; typically used by males.
examples: text: That lady, after her husband's death, held the reins with a masculine energy.
ref: 1818, Henry Hallam, View of the state of Europe during the Middle ages:
text: […] a masculine church.
ref: 1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI):
synonyms: manly
virile
antonyms: effeminate
emasculated
epicene
unmanly
glosses: Having the qualities stereotypically associated with men: virile, aggressive, not effeminate.
examples: text: The noun Student is masculine in German.
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
synonyms: male
coordinate_terms: feminine
neuter
common
glosses: Of, pertaining or belonging to the male grammatical gender, in languages that have gender distinctions.
Being of the masculine class or grammatical gender, and inflected in that manner.
raw_tags: of a noun
examples: text: German uses the masculine form of the definite article, der, with Student.
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
synonyms: male
coordinate_terms: feminine
neuter
common
glosses: Of, pertaining or belonging to the male grammatical gender, in languages that have gender distinctions.
Being inflected in agreement with a masculine noun.
raw_tags: of another part of speech
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
coordinate_terms: feminine
qualifier: Mongolic languages
glosses: Having the vowel harmony of a back vowel.
raw_tags: of any word
examples: text: Masculine caesura, masculine catalexis, masculine ending, masculine rhyme.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonology
prosody
sciences
glosses: Following or ending on a stressed syllable.
Synonyms: word: butch
word: macho
word: manly
word: mannish
word: masc
word: virile
Derived terms: antimasculine
cismasculine
demasculinization
emasculate
hypermasculine
hypermasculinization
masculinazi
masculine caesura
masculine ending
masculinely
masculineness
masculine of center
masculine rhyme
masculinisation
masculinism
masculinist
masculinistic
masculinity
masculinization
masculinize
masculism
masculist
nonmasculine
pseudomasculine
supermasculine
transmasculine
ultramasculine
unmasculine
masculine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: măsk'yo͝ol(ĭ)n
enpr: măsk'yələn
ipa: /ˈmæskjʊlɪn/
ipa: /ˈmæskjələn/
enpr: măsk'yələn
ipa: /ˈmæskjələn/
enpr: măsk'yələn
ipa: /ˈmæskjələn/
Forms: form: masculines
form: m.
form: m
Etymology: From Middle English masculyne, masculyn, from Old French masculin, from Latin masculīnus, diminutive of masculus (“male, manly”), itself a diminutive of mās (“male”). Displaced native Old English werlīċ (literally “manly”).
Senses: examples: text: The masculine functions as the negative term in the opposition, i.e. when the gender is not defined, the masculine is used.
ref: 2009, Carlos Quiles, Fernando López-Menchero, A Grammar of Modern Indo-European, Second Edition:
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: The masculine gender.
examples: text: As to the class to which the masculines of the strong declension belong, we repeat that […]
ref: 1905, George Theodore Dippold, A German grammar for high schools and colleges:
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A word of the masculine gender.
examples: text: These forces would also seem to reflect the gender distinction that can be made with respect to the divine, the feminine associated with the divine as immanent within the finite and the masculine with the divine transcendence and the infinite.
ref: 2004, Leonora Leet, The Universal Kabbalah:
glosses: That which is masculine.
examples: text: I think women, at least those who do their own work, would live very simply in that respect, if there were none of the masculines to feed.
ref: 1868, The Ladies' Repository, A Universalist Monthly Magazine For The Home Circle. Volume XXXIX [39], page 458 (left column):
glosses: A man.
consonant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: kŏn'sənənt
ipa: /ˈkɒn.sə.nənt/
enpr: kän's(ə)nənt
ipa: /ˈkɑn.sə.nənt/
ipa: /ˈkɑns.nənt/
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈkɔnsɵnəɳʈ/
note: Indic
ipa: /kənˈsonəɳʈ/
rhymes: -ɒnsənənt
rhymes: -ɑnsənənt
rhymes: -ɑnsnənt
Forms: form: consonants
Etymology: From Middle English consonant or consonaunt, from Old French consonant, from Latin cōnsonāns (“sounding with”), from the prefix con- (“with”) + the present participle sonāns (“sounding”), from sonāre (“to sound”). The Latin is a calque of Ancient Greek σύμφωνον (súmphōnon).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonetics
phonology
sciences
glosses: A sound that results from the passage of air through restrictions of the oral cavity; any sound that is not the dominant sound of a syllable, the dominant sound generally being a vowel.
examples: text: Thus, when he drew up instructions in lawyer language, he expressed the important words by an initial, a medial, or a final consonant, and made scratches for all the words between; his clerks, however, understood him very well.
ref: 1892, Walter Besant, “Prologue: Who is Edmund Gray?”, in The Ivory Gate […], New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC:
text: “Tell me, has right anything to do with the law?” I asked. “You have used the wrong initial consonant,” he smiled in answer. “Might?” I queried; and he nodded his head.
ref: 1908 February 19, Jack London, chapter 4, in The Iron Heel, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., →OCLC:
glosses: A letter representing the sound of a consonant.
Derived terms: consonantary
consonant cluster
consonant gradation
consonanthood
consonantic
consonantism
consonantize
consonantless
consonantly
consonantness
consonant rhyme
consonant stem
contoid
inconsonant
linking consonant
nasal consonant
nonconsonant
semiconsonant
unconsonant
consonant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: kŏn'sənənt
ipa: /ˈkɒn.sə.nənt/
enpr: kän's(ə)nənt
ipa: /ˈkɑn.sə.nənt/
ipa: /ˈkɑns.nənt/
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈkɔnsɵnəɳʈ/
note: Indic
ipa: /kənˈsonəɳʈ/
rhymes: -ɒnsənənt
rhymes: -ɑnsənənt
rhymes: -ɑnsnənt
Forms: form: more consonant
form: most consonant
Etymology: From Middle English consonant or consonaunt, from Old French consonant, from Latin cōnsonāns (“sounding with”), from the prefix con- (“with”) + the present participle sonāns (“sounding”), from sonāre (“to sound”). The Latin is a calque of Ancient Greek σύμφωνον (súmphōnon).
Senses: examples: text: Each one pretends that his opinion […] is consonant to the words there used.
ref: 1710, William Beveridge, The true nature of the Christian church, the office of its ministers, and the means of grace administred by them explain'd. In twelve sermons:
text: Cheerfulness, even gaiety, is consonant with every species of virtue and practice of religion, and I think it inconsistent only with impiety and vice.
ref: 1900, Sabine Baring-Gould, “The Rev. Mr. Carter, Parson-Publican”, in Yorkshire Oddities, Incidents and Strange Events:
text: This essential right of the courts to be free of intimidation and coercion was held to be consonant with a recognition that freedom of the press must be allowed in the broadest scope compatible with the supremacy of order.
ref: 1946, United States Supreme Court, Pennekamp v. Florida 328 U.S. 331,334
glosses: Consistent, harmonious, compatible, or in agreement.
examples: 1645-1650, James Howell, Epistolae Ho-Elianae
consonant words and syllables
glosses: Having the same sound.
examples: text: consonant tones; consonant chords
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Harmonizing together; accordant.
examples: text: No Russian whose dissonant consonant name / Almost shatters to fragments the trumpet of fame.
ref: 1813, Thomas Moore, Intercepted Letters, or the Two-Penny Post-Bag:
glosses: Of or relating to consonants; made up of, or containing many, consonants.
Related terms: consonance
consonantal
vowel
semivowel
indirect object
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: indirect objects
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A grammatical role of a ditransitive verb that manifests a secondary or passive participant in an action, often a recipient or goal.
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: The object of a monotransitive verb that it is not in the accusative case, especially when it is in the dative case.
raw_tags: in languages with case distinctions also
Coordinate terms: direct object
prepositional object
case
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /keɪs/
rhymes: -eɪs
Forms: form: cases
form: casing
form: cased
form: cased
Etymology: From Middle English cas, from Old French cas (“an event”), from Latin cāsus (“a falling, a fall; accident, event, occurrence; occasion, opportunity; noun case”), perfect passive participle of cadō (“to fall, to drop”).
Senses: examples: text: Casing upon the Matter.
ref: 1692, Roger L’Estrange, “ (please specify the fable number.) (please specify the name of the fable.)”, in Fables, of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists: […], London: […] R[ichard] Sare, […], →OCLC:
glosses: To propose hypothetical cases.
case
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /keɪs/
rhymes: -eɪs
Etymology: From Middle English case, from Old Northern French casse (compare Old French chasse (“box, chest, case”)), from Latin capsa (“box, bookcase”), from capiō (“to take, seize, hold”). Doublet of cash, chase, and chasse. Compare Spanish caja, Asturian caxa, Portuguese caixa.
Senses: examples: text: He drew the case eight!
text: If he did have a bigger ace, I still had at least six outs — the case ace, two nines, and three tens. I could also have more outs if he held anything less than A-K.
ref: 2006, David Apostolico, Lessons from the Professional Poker Tour, page 21:
topics: card-games
poker
glosses: The last remaining card of a particular rank.
case
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /keɪs/
rhymes: -eɪs
Forms: form: cases
form: casing
form: cased
form: cased
Etymology: From Middle English case, from Old Northern French casse (compare Old French chasse (“box, chest, case”)), from Latin capsa (“box, bookcase”), from capiō (“to take, seize, hold”). Doublet of cash, chase, and chasse. Compare Spanish caja, Asturian caxa, Portuguese caixa.
Senses: glosses: To place (an item or items of manufacture) into a box, as in preparation for shipment.
examples: text: The man who, cased in steel, had passed whole days and nights in the saddle.
ref: 1855–1858, William H[ickling] Prescott, History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Boston, Mass.: Phillips, Sampson, and Company, →OCLC:
glosses: To cover or protect with, or as if with, a case; to enclose.
examples: text: You are in the grounds of Brockholes Abbey, a house into which a great deal of valuable property has just been moved. And your job is to case the joint for a break in.
ref: 1977, Michael Innes, The Gay Phoenix, →ISBN, page 116:
text: Bonnie worked as a daycare director. She helped case the FBI office by posing as a college student interested in becoming an FBI agent.
ref: 2014, Amy Goodman, From COINTELPRO to Snowden, the FBI Burglars Speak Out After 43 Years of Silence (Part 2), Democracy Now!, January 8, 2014, 0:49 to 0:57
glosses: To survey (a building or other location) surreptitiously, as in preparation for a robbery.
Derived terms: case out
case the deck
case the joint
case up
casing nail
casing shoe
recase
uncase
nominative case
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nominative cases
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: The case used to indicate the subject—or agent—of a finite verb.
examples: text: 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."
ref: 1763, Robert Lowth, A Short Introduction to English Grammar, page 133:
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: The subject of a verb.
Synonyms: subjective case
Related terms: grammatical case
genitive case
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: genitive cases
Senses: examples: text: In very early times a man seems to have been known by a single name together with his father's name in the genitive case, e.g. Marcus Marci; […]
ref: 1945, E[lizabeth] G[idley] Withycombe, “Introduction”, in The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page xiv:
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
synonyms: genitive
glosses: The grammatical case, chiefly applicable to nouns, used to express a relationship of origin or possession. It corresponds roughly to the English preposition of and the suffix -'s.
dative case
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dative cases
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Case used to express direction towards an indirect object, the recipient or beneficiary of an action, and is generally indicated in English by to (when a recipient) or for (when a beneficiary) with the objective case. The direct object may be either stated or unstated where the indirect object is the beneficiary of the verbal action, but is stated where the indirect object is a recipient. If there is emphasis on the indirect object, the indirect object usually precedes the direct object and is not usually indicated with to or for; said structure is also used when neither object is being emphasized.
Related terms: accusative case
grammatical case
accusative case
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: accusative cases
form: A.
form: acc.
form: ACC
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
synonyms: accusative
glosses: In English and other modern languages, the case used to mark the immediate object (direct object) on which the transitive verb acts. In Latin grammar, the accusative case (cāsus accūsātīvus) includes functions derived from the Indo-European accusative and lative cases; said Lative Case expresses concepts similar to those of the English prepositions "to" and "towards".
Related terms: dative case
objective case
grammatical case
noun phrase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: noun phrases
Senses: examples: text: The term "restaurant supply service" is a noun phrase, as are "red blood cell" and "happy cat".
text: Many collocations are noun phrases.
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A phrase that has a noun (or indefinite pronoun) as its head or performs the same grammatical function as a noun.
Hypernyms: nonclause
Hyponyms: compound noun of open compound type
Coordinate terms: word: compound word
word: phrase
word: adverbial phrase
word: conjunctional phrase
word: interjectional phrase
word: prepositional phrase
english: not to be confused
translation: not to be confused
word: phrasal noun
word: phrasal preposition
word: phrasal verb
word: pronominal phrase
word: phrase
coordinating conjunction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coordinating conjunctions
Senses: examples: Near-synonym: coordinator
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
hypernyms: conjunction
coordinate_terms: subordinating conjunction
glosses: A conjunction that joins two grammatical elements of the same status or construction. It can join subjects, objects, verbs, nouns, adjectives, phrases, and independent clauses.
nominative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: nŏm'ĭnətĭv
enpr: nŏm'nətĭv
ipa: /ˈnɒmɪnətɪv/
ipa: /ˈnɒmnətɪv/
Etymology: From Middle English nominatyf, either via Old French nominatif or directly from Latin nōminātīvus (“pertaining to naming, nominative”).
Senses: examples: text: nominative fair use
text: 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.
ref: 2007, William D. Popkin, Evolution of the Judicial Opinion: Institutional and Individual Styles, NYU Press, →ISBN, page 104:
glosses: Giving a name; naming; designating.
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Being in that case or form of a noun which stands as the subject of a finite verb.
examples: text: 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.
ref: 2014, Eva Diaz, The Experimenters: Chance and Design at Black Mountain College:
glosses: Making a selection or nomination; choosing.
Derived terms: denominative
nominatival
nominative absolute
nominative determinism
nominatively
nominative type system