predicate adjective

noun

, Grammar.

1. 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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of predicate adjective¹

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

It is not a predicate adjective, but a partitive genitive after hwæt.

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The word “sanctified” is here used as a predicate adjective, and describes the people addressed.

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The word holy is here used as a predicate adjective, and describes the people addressed.

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Also in the lesson below on the predicate adjective, the pupils could not note, in all the examples, all the features given under analysis and fail at the same time to abstract and generalize.

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Each is called a "Subjective Predicate Adjective."

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