predicate adjective

A form of predicative adjective — An adjective that is not part of the noun clause it modifies, but is linked to it with a copula.

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Meanings

nounpredicate adjective (plural predicate adjectives)

plural predicate adjectives

  1. alternativeAlternative form of predicative adjective.

    A predicate adjective refers to the subject by describing it in much the same way that any adjective modifies a noun or pronoun.

    1982, Gary Forlini, Grammar and Composition, Level 6: Annotated Teacher's Edition, Prentice–Hall Inc., →ISBN, page 76
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