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copula

About 0.51 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A word, usually a verb, used to link the subject of a sentence with a predicate (usually a subject complement or an adverbial), that unites or associates the subject with the predicate.
  2. noun The bond or relationship by which two things are combined into a unity.
  3. noun A function that represents the association between two or more variables, independent of the individual marginal distributions of the variables.
  4. noun A device that connects two or more keyboards of an organ.
  5. noun The act of copulation; mating.

Similar words

copulative equative contractible copular verb linking verb zero copula conjunctive adverb compound predicate word subject complement complementizer

Often followed by

is and in of or be verb to as

Word family

copulae copulas

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