predicative

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Modifying a noun from within a predicate.

   in predicative position

2. 2
   noun

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

   A predicative in Russian is an uninflected word that regularly constitutes a complete utterance when standing alone, i.e., when preceded and followed by silence.

3. 3
   adj

   of adjectives

4. 4
   noun

   An element of the predicate of a sentence which complements the subject or object by means of the verb. Predicatives may be nominal or adjectival.

Etymology

From predicate + -ive.