predicative


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
predicative /prɪˈdɪkətɪv/
adjective
  • 1 Grammar (of an adjective or other modifier) forming or contained in the predicate, as old in the dog is old (but not in the old dog). Contrasted with attributive.

    ■ denoting a use of the verb to be to assert something about the subject.

  • 2 Logic acting as a predicate.
– derivatives
predicatively adverb.
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