predicate adjective
noun Grammar.
an adjective used in the predicate, especially with a copulative verb and attributive to the subject, as in He is dead, or attributive to the direct object, as in It made him sick.
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Nearby words
prediastole, predicable, predicament, predicant, predicate, predicate adjective, predicate calculus, predicate nominative, predicate noun, predicate objective, predication
Origin of predicate adjective
First recorded in 1880–85
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