English

Alternative forms

• prædicative (dated)

Adjective

predicative ‎(not comparable)

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

Antonyms

• attributive

Derived terms

• predicatively
• predicative adjective

Translations

Noun

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)

Translations

Italian

Adjective

predicative

1. feminine plural of predicativo

Anagrams

• deprecativi