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Predicative
Meaning
Adj
●
In Grammar:
Modifying a
noun
while in a
predicate
phrase
, which
predicate
phrase
is
other than
the
noun phrase
and
occurs
after a
verb
, as a
predicate
;
contrasted
with attributive.
Noun
●
In Grammar:
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 Grammar & Parts of speech:
In some
languages
,
a special
part of speech
used as a
predicate
and
denoting
a state of being.
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Origin
predicative
English
-ive
English
-if
Anglo-Norman
-ivus
Latin
predicate
English
praedicatus
Latin
predicate
Middle French (ca. 1400-1600)
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Synonyms
PræDicative
Antonyms
Attributive
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