predicative
adjective
1. of adjectives; relating to or occurring within the predicate of a sentence
- `red' is a predicative adjective in `the apple is red'
Sentences with predicative as an adjective:
- In the sentence, ‘This house is big’, ‘big’ is predicative, whereas in ‘This is a big house’, it is attributive.
noun
1. (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.