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PREDICATIVE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of adjectives; relating to or occurring within the predicate of a sentence

Example:

'red' is a predicative adjective in 'the apple is red'

Classified under:

Adjectives

Domain category:

grammar (the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics))

Antonym:

attributive (of adjectives; placed before the nouns they modify)

Derivation:

predicate (make the (grammatical) predicate in a proposition)

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