The Online Dictionary of Language Terminology (ODLT)


predicative
Definition - An adjective or a noun that is part of the predicate.
Notes:
1. As opposed to attributives where the adjective or noun precedes the word it modifies.

Example -
The old dog is stupid
(In the above old is used attributively and stupid is used predicatively)



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