Associations to the word «Predicative»
Wiktionary
PREDICATIVE, adjective. (grammar) (of an adjectival or nominal) Used after a verb, as a predicate; contrasted with attributive.
PREDICATIVE, noun. (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.
PREDICATIVE ADJECTIVE, noun. (grammar) An adjective that is not part of the noun clause it modifies, but is linked to it with a copula.
PREDICATIVE ADJECTIVES, noun. Plural of predicative adjective
PREDICATIVE ADVERBIAL, noun. (grammar) An adverbial that is congruent with the subject of the sentence, present for example in Finnish.
PREDICATIVE CASE, noun. (grammar) A term that may sometimes be used to describe the case marking a predicative nominative (a noun that renames the subject often following a linking verb), or for the adjective that agrees with it (predicative adjective).
PREDICATIVE CASES, noun. Plural of predicative case
Dictionary definition
PREDICATIVE, adjective. Of adjectives; relating to or occurring within the predicate of a sentence; "`red' is a predicative adjective in `the apple is red'".
Wise words
Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at
least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are
nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to
build something with them; they do not win their true
meaning until one knows how to apply them.