predicative

UK: /prɪˈdɪkətɪv/ US: /ˈprɛdɪˌkeɪtɪv, -kə-/

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predicative / prɪˈdɪkətɪv/ adjective

1. relating to or occurring within the predicate of a sentence: a predicative adjective
   Compare attributive

preˈdicatively adverb

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pred•i•cate /v. ˈprɛdɪˌkeɪt; adj., n. -kɪt/   v., -cat•ed, -cat•ing, adj., n. 
v. [~ + object]

1. to declare;
   affirm;
   assert;
   say something.
2. to imply:
   Their apology predicates a new attitude.
3. to base (behavior, etc.) on some stated belief, etc.:
   [~ + object + on + object] decisions predicated on statistics.

adj. 

4. Grammar belonging to or used in the predicate of a sentence.

n. [countable]

5. Grammar a unit of a sentence that is one of the two main parts of it (the other being the subject), and that consists of a verb and any words belonging with the verb, as objects, complements, or adverbs:
   The predicate of the sentence The package is here is the phrase is here. The predicate often expresses the action performed by, or condition attributed to, the subject.

pred•i•ca•tion /ˌprɛdɪˈkeɪʃən/  n. [uncountable]
pred•i•ca•tive /ˈprɛdɪˌkeɪtɪv, -kə-/  adj. 

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pred•i•cate  (v. pred′i kāt′;adj., n. pred′i kit), v., -cat•ed, -cat•ing, adj., n. 
v.t. 

1. to proclaim;
   declare;
   affirm;
   assert.
2. Philosophy [Logic.]
   • to affirm or assert (something) of the subject of a proposition.
   • to make (a term) the predicate of such a proposition.
3. to connote;
   imply:
   His retraction predicates a change of attitude.
4. to found or derive (a statement, action, etc.);
   base (usually fol. by on):
   He predicated his behavior on his faith in humanity.

v.i. 

5. to make an affirmation or assertion.

adj. 

6. predicated.
7. Grammar belonging to the predicate:
   a predicate noun.

n. 

8. Grammar (in many languages, as English) a syntactic unit that functions as one of the two main constituents of a simple sentence, the other being the subject, and that consists of a verb, which in English may agree with the subject in number, and of all the words governed by the verb or modifying it, the whole often expressing the action performed by or the state attributed to the subject, as is here in Larry is here.
9. Philosophy [Logic.] that which is affirmed or denied concerning the subject of a proposition.

• Latin praedicātus; compare preach
• Medieval Latin praedicātum, noun, nominal use of neuter of Latin praedicātus, past participle of praedicāre to declare publicly, assert, equivalent. to prae- pre- + dicā(re) to show, indicate, make known + -tus past participle suffix; (verb, verbal and adjective, adjectival)
• Middle French predicat)
• (noun, nominal) late Middle English (1400–50

pred′i•ca′tion, n. 
pred′i•ca′tion•al, adj. 
pred•i•ca•tive  (pred′i kā′tiv, -kə-; Brit. pri dik′ə tiv), adj.  pred′i•ca′tive•ly, adv.