LEARNit Dictionary
predicative
adjective
/prɪˈdɪkətɪv/
UK
/ˈpredɪkeɪtɪv/
US
1
coming after a verb such as
be, become, get, seem, look
. Many adjectives, for example
old
can be either predicative as in
The man is very old
, or attributive as in
an old man
. Some, like
asleep
, can only be predicative.
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