predicative

predicative
[prɪˈdɪkətɪv]
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) and house in there is a large house
    (语法)(形容词,名词)作表语的,谓语性的(如the dog is old 中的old,而the old dog 中的old 则不是;又如there is a large house 中的house)。 与attributive 相对
    ■denoting a use of the verb to be to assert something about the subject
    (指动词be用法)对主语作出断言的
  2. (Logic)acting as a predicate
    (逻)作谓项的
派生
predicatively
adverb
语源
  1. mid 19th cent.: from Latin praedicativus, from praedicat- 'declared' (in medieval Latin 'predicated'), from the verb praedicare (see predicate)
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