predicative
/prɪˈdɪkətɪv/adjective
1
- Grammar (of an adjective or noun) forming or contained in the predicate, as old in the dog is old (but not in the old dog) and house in there is a large house.【语法】（形容词, 名词）作表语的, 谓语性的（如the dog is old 中的old, 而the old dog 中的old 则不是; 又如there is a large house 中的house）。与ATTRIBUTIVE相对。
1.1
- denoting a use of the verb to be to assert something about the subject（指动词be用法）对主语作出断言的。
2
- Logic acting as a predicate【逻】作谓项的。
派生词
predicatively
adverb词源
mid 19th cent.: from Latin praedicativus, from praedicat- 'declared' （in medieval Latin 'predicated'）， from the verb praedicare （see PREDICATE）.