predicative

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

noun

An element of the predicate of a sentence which complements the subject or object by means of the verb. Predicatives may be nominal or adjectival.
In some languages, a special part of speech used as a predicate and denoting a state of being.

/ˈpɹɛ.dɪ.kə.tɪv/ /ˈpɹɛ.də.kə.tɪv/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-predicative.wav

predicative prædicative predicatives

From predicate + -ive.

postpositive prepositive

nonpredicative predicative adjective predicative adverbial predicative case predicatively predicativism predicativist predicativity prepredicative

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