EGAVE

predicative

About 0.34 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. adjective Modifying a noun from within a predicate.
    in predicative position
  2. 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.
  3. noun In some languages, a special part of speech used as a predicate and denoting a state of being.

Similar words

endopassive depronominal deponent phraseologic apodictive pronounal prefixing antigrammatical prodrop pseudo-participial

Often followed by

adjectives function and position adjective use expression expressions noun

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