predicative

Plural: predicatives

Adjective

• of adjectives; relating to or occurring within the predicate of a sentence
  • "`red' is a predicative adjective in `the apple is red'"

Adj

• Modifying a noun from within a predicate. contrasts with attributive.

Noun

• 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 some languages, a special part of speech used as a predicate and denoting a state of being.

Examples

• Compound adjectives are typically hyphenated in attributive position (for example, 'a high-quality scan is a must'), whereas in predicative position, many house styles specify open styling (for example, 'this scan is high quality.'
• In the sentence, ‘This house is big’, ‘big’ is predicative, whereas in ‘This is a big house’, it is attributive.

Antonyms

attributive

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