● prédicatif, prédicative adjectif (bas latin praedicativus, énonciatif) Qui concerne le prédicat, la prédication. Se dit d'un élément qui assume le rôle de prédicat. En grammaire traditionnelle, se dit d'une phrase réduite au seul prédicat ; se dit aussi de l'emploi du verbe être introduisant un attribut du sujet.
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Predicative — may mean:* Predicative (adjectival or nominal) * Predicative (verb) * Lacking impredicativity … Wikipedia
Predicative — Pred i*ca*tive, a. [L. praedicativus.] Expressing affirmation or predication; affirming; predicating, as, a predicative term. {Pred i*ca*tive*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
predicative — ► ADJECTIVE 1) Grammar (of an adjective or noun) forming or contained in the predicate, as old in the dog is old (but not in the old dog). Contrasted with ATTRIBUTIVE(Cf. ↑attributively). 2) Logic acting as a predicate. DERIVATIVES predicatively… … English terms dictionary
predicative — 1. adjective Used after a verb, as a predicate; In the sentence, ‘This house is big’, ‘big’ is predicative, whereas in ‘This is a big house’, it is attributive. Ant: attributive 2. noun An element of the … Wiktionary
predicative — adj. Predicative is used with these nouns: ↑adjective … Collocations dictionary
predicative — pre|dic|a|tive [prıˈdıkətıv US ˈpredıkeı ] adj technical a predicative adjective or phrase comes after a verb, for example happy in the sentence She is happy. >predicatively adv … Dictionary of contemporary English
predicative — pred|i|ca|tive [ prə dıkətıv, predı,keıtıv ] adjective LINGUISTICS predicative adjectives and phrases follow a verb, for example tired in the sentence We were tired. ╾ pred|i|ca|tive|ly adverb … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
predicative — adjective a predicative adjective or phrase comes after a verb, for example happy in the sentence She is happy. predicatively adverb … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
predicative — UK [prɪˈdɪkətɪv] / US [ˈpredɪkətɪv] / US [ˈpredɪˌkeɪtɪv] adjective linguistics predicative adjectives and phrases follow a verb, for example tired in the sentence We were tired . Derived word: predicatively adverb … English dictionary
predicative — [prɪˈdɪkətɪv] adj linguistics predicative adjectives and phrases follow a verb, for example ‘tired in the sentence ‘We were tired … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
