PREDICATIVE


Meaning of PREDICATIVE in English

adj.1 Gram. (of an adjective or noun) forming or contained in the predicate, as old in the dog is old (but not in the old dog) and house in there is a large house (opp. ATTRIBUTIVE).

2 that predicates.

Derivatives:

predicatively adv.

Etymology: L praedicativus (as PREDICATE)

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.