predicate noun

American  

noun

Grammar.

1. a noun used in the predicate with a copulative verb or a factitive verb and having the same referent as the subject of the copulative verb or the direct object of the factitive verb, as in She is the mayor or They elected her mayor.

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Example Sentences

A verb should agree in number with the subject, not with a predicate noun.

From The Century Handbook of Writing by Greever, Garland

Do not use a when or where clause as a predicate noun.

From The Century Handbook of Writing by Greever, Garland

Some intransitive verbs require a predicate noun or pronoun in the nominative case, or an adjective, to complete their meaning.

From Business English A Practice Book by Buhlig, Rose

The above pronouns, along with is, are usually attracted to the gender of a predicate noun; as, hīc est honor, meminisse officium suum, this is an honor, to be mindful of one's duty.

From New Latin Grammar by Bennett, Charles E. (Charles Edwin)

Do not use a when or a where clause in defining a subject or in place of a predicate noun.

From Practical Grammar and Composition by Wood, Thomas