- predicative adjective
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An adjective that is not part of the noun clause it modifies, but is linked to it with a copula.
‘Complicated’ is a predicative adjective in the sentence ‘Grammar is complicated.’
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predicative adjective — /prəˌdɪkətɪv ˈædʒəktɪv/ (say pruh.dikuhtiv ajuhktiv) noun Grammar an adjective which occurs within the predicate as complement of the subject (she is sick) or of the object (it made her sick) …
predicative — adjective a predicative adjective or phrase comes after a verb, for example happy in the sentence She is happy. predicatively adverb … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
predicative — ► ADJECTIVE 1) Grammar (of an adjective or noun) forming or contained in the predicate, as old in the dog is old (but not in the old dog). Contrasted with ATTRIBUTIVE(Cf. ↑attributively). 2) Logic acting as a predicate. DERIVATIVES predicatively… … English terms dictionary
adjective — n. 1) to compare an adjective 2) an attributive; descriptive; possessive; predicate, predicative adjective 3) adjectives modify nouns * * * [ ædʒɪktɪv] descriptive possessive predicate predicative adjective an attributive to compare an adjective… … Combinatory dictionary
predicative — pre|dic|a|tive [prıˈdıkətıv US ˈpredıkeı ] adj technical a predicative adjective or phrase comes after a verb, for example happy in the sentence She is happy. >predicatively adv … Dictionary of contemporary English
adjective — 1. general. The term adjective was itself an adjective for a hundred years before it became used as a noun for one of the parts of speech. Joseph Priestley, in The Rudiments of English Grammar (1761), was perhaps the first English grammarian to… … Modern English usage
predicative — adjective see predicate I … New Collegiate Dictionary
Adjective — Examples That s an interesting idea. (attributive) That idea is interesting. (predicative) Tell me something interesting. (postpositive) The good, the bad, and the ugly. (substantive) In grammar, an adjective is a describing word; the main… … Wikipedia
Predicative (adjectival or nominal) — In grammar, a predicative is an element of the predicate of a sentence which supplements the subject or object by means of the verb. A predicative may be nominal or adjectival. If the complement after a linking verb is a noun or a pronoun, it is… … Wikipedia
predicative — 1. adjective Used after a verb, as a predicate; In the sentence, ‘This house is big’, ‘big’ is predicative, whereas in ‘This is a big house’, it is attributive. Ant: attributive 2. noun An element of the … Wiktionary
