predicative
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EnglishEdit
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- prædicative (dated)
EtymologyEdit
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AdjectiveEdit
predicative (not comparable)
- (grammar, of an adjectival or nominal) Used after a verb, as a predicate; contrasted with attributive.
- In the sentence, ‘This house is big’, ‘big’ is predicative, whereas in ‘This is a big house’, it is attributive.
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used after a verb
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NounEdit
predicative (plural predicatives)
- (grammar) An element of the predicate of a sentence which supplements the subject or object by means of the verb. Predicatives may be nominal or adjectival.
- Examples
- He seems nice. (adjectival predicative of the subject)
- Bob is a postman. (nominal predicative of the subject)
- We painted the door white. (adjectival predicative of the object)
- They elected him president. (nominal predicative of the object)
TranslationsEdit
an element of the predicate of a sentence which supplements the subject or object by means of the verb
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