PREDICATIVE

predicative

(adjective) of adjectives; relating to or occurring within the predicate of a sentence; “‘red’ is a predicative adjective in ‘the apple is red’”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

predicative (not comparable)

(grammar, of an adjectival or nominal phrase) 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.

Antonyms

• attributive

Noun

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.

(grammar) In some languages, a special part of speech used as a predicate and denoting a state of being.

Source: Wiktionary

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Pred"i*ca*tive, a. Etym: [L. praedicativus.]

Definition: Expressing affirmation or predication; affirming; predicating, as, a predicative term.

– Pred"i*ca*tive*ly, adv.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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