nominative absolute

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a construction consisting in English of a noun, noun phrase, or pronoun in the nominative case followed by a predicate lacking a finite verb, used as a loose modifier of the whole sentence, as the play done in The play done, the audience left the theater.

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Origin of nominative absolute

First recorded in 1835–45; by analogy with ablative absolute

Words nearby nominative absolute

nominal value, nominal wages, nominate, nomination, nominative, nominative absolute, nominative case, nominative of address, nominee, nomism, nomo-

How to use nominative absolute in a sentence

They are to face oppression with humble persistence and absolute conviction.
Mexico’s Priests Are Marked for Murder|Jason McGahan|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
House rules require an absolute majority of members voting to choose a speaker.
Kamikaze Congress Prepares to Strike Boehner|Ben Jacobs|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Absent a body, no one can say with absolute certainty whether Castro is dead, even if all signs point in that direction.
An Informant, a Missing American, and Juarez’s House of Death: Inside the 12-Year Cold Case of David Castro|Bill Conroy|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
And this song is just absolute genius and totally universal.
Yes, I Like Christmas Music. Stop Laughing.|Michael Tomasky|December 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST

You have to risk it, and be in danger of looking like an absolute fool.
The Brit Who Stormed Broadway|Tim Teeman|December 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Solely over one man therein thou hast quite absolute control.
Pearls of Thought|Maturin M. Ballou
Marriage is like Mayonnaise sauce, either a great success or an absolute and entire failure.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
He was greeted by hoots and jeers, but with absolute imperturbability he reorganised his forces and checked the enemy.
Napoleon's Marshals|R. P. Dunn-Pattison
It is evident that an absolute increase of any variety may be accompanied by a relative decrease.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
An increase in actual number is an absolute increase; an increase in percentage only, a relative increase.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd