predicative

• prædicative (dated)

predicate +‎ -ive

• IPA^(key): /pɹɪˈdɪk.ə.tɪv/

predicative (not comparable)

1. (grammar, of an adjectival or nominal phrase) 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.

• attributive

• predicatively
• predicative adjective
• predicative case

predicative (plural predicatives)

1. (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)

predicative

1. feminine plural of predicativo

• deprecativi