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predicative

/pɹɪˈdɪk.ə.tɪv/
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.

  2. (grammar) In some languages, a special part of speech used as a predicate and denoting a state of being.

adjective
  1. (grammar, of an adjectival or nominal phrase) Modifying a noun while in a predicate phrase, which predicate phrase is other than the noun phrase and occurs after a verb, as a predicate; contrasted with attributive.

    "In the sentence, ‘This house is big’, ‘big’ is predicative, whereas in ‘This is a big house’, it is attributive."

Antonymsattributive

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