Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Predicating; affirming; asserting; expressing affirmation or predication: as, a predicative term.
Wiktionary
- adj. grammar Used after a verb, as a predicate; contrasted with attributive.
- n. grammar An element of the predicate of a sentence which supplements the subject or object by means of the verb. Predicatives may be nominal or adjectival.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Expressing affirmation or predication; affirming; predicating, .
WordNet 3.0
- adj. of adjectives; relating to or occurring within the predicate of a sentence
Etymologies
- predicate + -ive (Wiktionary)
Examples
“An adjective used just after a noun is called a predicative adjective - "The princess was very beautiful.”
“But even there I think I would be puzzled by any use that wasn't both negated and predicative, which is not the case with the hardier "untoward".”
“When an adjective follows a form of be or a few other verbs which I don’t want to talk about, it is known as a predicative adjective.”
“predicative" propositional functions of the lowest type, would have or lack "third truth" depending on whether its allowable substitution instances have second (or lower) truth.”
“I think I agree with you, Rick, that the gerund in a sentence like “I heard him singing” functions like a predicative adjective, much like “nude” in “I saw the protesters nude” or “happy” in “Cookies make me happy.””
(Almost) Zero Tolerance, and linearly separable blogrolls « Motivated Grammar
“I don't think it's accurate to say behavioral theories have no predicative power.”
Fama vs. Thaler, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
“There are analyst overconfidence and underreaction studies that seem to show predicative power.”
Fama vs. Thaler, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
“I used an attributive, not a predicative adjective.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » “We Have to Pass the Bill So That You Can Find Out What Is In It”
“DOCUMENTARY: "IN THE FAMILY," about the dilemmas associated with predicative genetic tests revealing a strong chance of breast and ovarian cancer; part of the "NIH Science in the Cinema" series. 7 p.m.,”
The Washington Post: Montgomery County community calendar, July 22-29, 2010
““ITS TOUGHER IF YOUR STUPID” has two possessive pronouns and a predicative “IF”.”
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