Predicate-adjective
noun, Grammar.
1.
an adjective used in the predicate, especially with a copulative verb and attributive to the subject, as in He is dead, or attributive to the direct object, as in It made him sick.
noun
an adjective following a linking verb that describes the subject, such as ‘roses are red’
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- Predicated
verb (used with object), predicated, predicating. 1. to proclaim; declare; affirm; assert. 2. Logic. to affirm or assert (something) of the subject of a proposition. to make (a term) the predicate of such a proposition. 3. to connote; imply: His retraction predicates a change of attitude. 4. to found or derive (a statement, action, etc.); […]
- Predicate-nominative
noun 1. (in Latin, Greek, and certain other languages) a predicate noun or adjective in the nominative case.
- Predicate-noun
noun, Grammar. 1. a noun used in the predicate with a copulative verb or a factitive verb and having the same referent as the subject of the copulative verb or the direct object of the factitive verb, as in She is the mayor or They elected her mayor.
- Predicate-objective
noun, Grammar. 1. objective complement.