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predicate adjective
predicative adjectiveA predicative adjective (or simply “predicate adjective”) is used in the predicate of a clause to describe either the subject of the clause or the direct object of a verb. Predicative adjectives that describe the subject of the clause will follow a linking verb. In such cases, they are known as subject complements.Predicative adjectives that describe the direct object of non-linking verbs function as object complements.Continue reading...pred′icate ad′jective
n. an adjective that is used in the predicate with a copulative or factitive verb and has the same referent as the subject of the copulative verb or the direct object of the factitive verb, as sick in He is sick or It made him sick. [1880–85]
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