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• Predicative verb — A predicative verb is a verb that behaves as a grammatical adjective, that is, it predicates (qualifies or informs about the properties of its argument). It is a special kind of stative verb.Many languages do not use the present forms of the verb …   Wikipedia

• Predicative — may mean:* Predicative (adjectival or nominal) * Predicative (verb) * Lacking impredicativity …   Wikipedia

• Predicative (adjectival or nominal) — In grammar, a predicative is an element of the predicate of a sentence which supplements the subject or object by means of the verb. A predicative may be nominal or adjectival. If the complement after a linking verb is a noun or a pronoun, it is… …   Wikipedia

• 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

• Verb — This article is about the part of speech. For the physical activity program, see VERB (program). For English usage of verbs, see English verbs. Verbs redirects here. For the Christian gospel rapper, see Verbs (rapper). Examples I washed the car… …   Wikipedia

• Verb phrase — In linguistics, a verb phrase or VP is a syntactic structure composed of the predicative elements of a sentence and functions in providing information about the subject of the sentence.VPs in the generative grammar frameworkIn the generative… …   Wikipedia

• 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