Nominal - English meaning

adjective

Relating to or used for formal religious or public events.

Usage examples:

A ceremonial occasion

noun

The system of rules and procedures to be observed at a formal or religious occasion.

Usage examples:

The procedure was conducted with all due ceremonial

adjective

Related to, used in, or involving a ceremony (= a fixed set of formal acts performed on important social or religious occasions)

Usage examples:

A marine honour guard flanks the president during ceremonial events at the white house., the men we…

adjective

Serving as a symbol of a particular quality or concept; symbolic.

Usage examples:

This case is emblematic of a larger problem

adjective

Representing a particular person, group, or idea

Usage examples:

Emblematic of a sword is emblematic of power gained by violence.

adjective

Done in accordance with convention or etiquette; suitable for or constituting an official or important occasion.

Usage examples:

A formal dinner party

noun

An evening dress.

Usage examples:

Cocktail parties every night so the ladies can show off their formals

adjective

Extremely small.

Usage examples:

An infinitesimal pause

noun

An indefinitely small quantity; a value approaching zero.

Usage examples:

These two concepts, infinitesimals and infinite quantities, however, were stirring great philosophi…

adjective

Extremely small

Usage examples:

Even in infinitesimal amounts, this poison can kill you.

adjective

Too small or unimportant to be worth consideration.

Usage examples:

The sum required was insignificant compared with military spending

adjective

Not important or thought to be valuable

Usage examples:

Her problems seemed pretty insignificant compared to her brother’s., my colleagues despised this ma…

adjective

Of a minimum amount, quantity, or degree; negligible.

Usage examples:

The aircraft suffered minimal damage

adjective

As small as possible

Usage examples:

Fortunately, damage to the heart was minimal.

adjective

Very small in amount

Usage examples:

The chances of losing money are minimal., the service will be provided for free, or at minimal cost.

adjective

Extremely small; tiny.

Usage examples:

A minuscule fragment of dna

noun

Minuscule script.

Usage examples:

The humanistic hands of the 15th century were based on the carolingian minuscule

adjective

Extremely small

Usage examples:

Salaries are a minuscule part of the budget.

noun

A period of time equal to sixty seconds or a sixtieth of an hour.

Usage examples:

We waited for twenty minutes

adjective

Extremely small.

Usage examples:

Minute particles

verb

Record (the proceedings of a meeting).

Usage examples:

The secretary shall minute the proceedings of each meeting

verb

Greedily or unfairly charge (someone) many small amounts for minor services.

Usage examples:

We don't nickel-and-dime our customers like some vendors that charge extra for every little utility

adjective

Of little importance.

Usage examples:

The only games this weekend are nickel-and-dime stuff

adjective

Used to describe something that is not important, usually because it does not involve much money

Usage examples:

A nickel-and-dime dispute, the banks nickle and dime you to death with all the little fees they cha…

adjective

Relating to an authority or public body and its activities and responsibilities.

Usage examples:

The prime minister's official engagements

noun

A person holding public office or having official duties, especially as a representative of an organization or government department.

Usage examples:

A union official

noun

A person who has a position of responsibility in an organization

Usage examples:

A senior official, an official announcement, the name of the new director will be officially announ…

adjective

Stated or appearing to be true, but not necessarily so.

Usage examples:

The real dispute which lay behind the ostensible complaint

adjective

Appearing or claiming to be one thing when it is really something else

Usage examples:

Rous published 60 scientific papers after his ostensible retirement., if the engine on an ostensibl…

noun

The dried berry of a climbing vine, used whole as a spice or ground to make pepper.

Usage examples:

Yet the spices used are all familiar to us: curry leaf, fenugreek, cumin, cardamom, turmeric, coria…

noun

A small, dried fruit that looks like a seed and is crushed to produce pepper

adjective

Pathetically trivial; trifling.

Usage examples:

Piddling little questions

verb

Urinate.

adjective

Very small or unimportant

Usage examples:

A piddling amount/figure

adjective

Trivial; unimportant.

Usage examples:

It was recorded in a basement for a piffling two grand

adjective

Extremely small or not important

Usage examples:

Piffling details, a piffling amount

adjective

Appearing or stated to be true, though not necessarily so; alleged.

Usage examples:

The purported marriage was void

verb

Appear to be or do something, especially falsely.

Usage examples:

She is not the person she purports to be

adjective

Claimed but not proved to be true

Usage examples:

[ + to infinitive ] the new brand of potato chips is purported to be lower in cholesterol, fat, and…

adjective

Given a name or title by yourself without any official reason for it

Usage examples:

Television news appears to be full of self-styled "experts" who are happy to give their views on su…

adjective

Of a size that is less than normal or usual.

Usage examples:

The room was small and quiet

adverb

Into small pieces.

Usage examples:

Cut the okra up small

plural noun

Small items of clothing, especially underwear.

Usage examples:

Do we know if secreted about his smalls he has a pair of boxer shorts in either the ancient or red …

adjective

Named or called in a particular way

Usage examples:

Married taxpayers are hit hard by the so-called marriage penalty., these so-called experts don’t kn…

adjective

Generally assumed or believed to be the case, but not necessarily so.

Usage examples:

People admire their supposed industriousness

verb

Think or assume that something is true or probable but lack proof or certain knowledge.

Usage examples:

I suppose i got there about noon

adjective

Responsible

Usage examples:

The children are supposed to be at school by 8:45 a.m., these batteries are supposed to last for a …

adjective

Serving as a symbol.

Usage examples:

A repeating design symbolic of eternity

adjective

Concerned with or involving the theory of a subject or area of study rather than its practical application.

Usage examples:

A theoretical physicist

adjective

Based on theory or on possibilities

Usage examples:

The president does not want to answer any theoretical questions.

adjective

Based on ideas or theories, rather than practical uses of something or actual events

Usage examples:

Theoretical economics/physics, theoretical models/analyses/approaches, a theoretical framework/foun…

adjective

Very small.

Usage examples:

A tiny hummingbird

noun

A very young child.

Usage examples:

Books that will make tinies and parents laugh out loud

adjective

Holding or constituting a purely formal position or title without any real authority.

Usage examples:

The queen is titular head of the church of england

adjective

Having the title of a position but not the responsibilities, duties, or power; in name only

Usage examples:

It is already agreed that mr alfonso escamez will be the titular head of the new bank.

noun

A thing serving as a visible or tangible representation of a fact, quality, feeling, etc.

Usage examples:

I wanted to offer you a small token of my appreciation

adjective

Done for the sake of appearances or as a symbolic gesture.

Usage examples:

Cases like these often bring just token fines from magistrates

noun

Something you give to someone or do for someone to express your feelings or intentions

Usage examples:

It isn’t a big present – it’s just a token of thanks for your help., subway tokens, a token fee, a …

adjective

Unimportant or trivial.

Usage examples:

A trifling sum

verb

Treat without seriousness or respect.

Usage examples:

He is not a man to be trifled with

adjective

A trifling matter or amount of money is small or not important

Usage examples:

It was such a trifling sum of money to argue about!

phrase

Unfulfilled or frustrated in realizing an ambition

adjective

Desiring or aspiring to be a specified type of person.

Usage examples:

A would-be actress who dresses up as marilyn monroe

noun

A person who desires or aspires to be a particular type.

Usage examples:

A seemingly endless queue of journalists and would-bes formed