predikatiivi — meaning in English

English meaning

• complement noun Something that completes or goes well with something else.
• predicative adjective In grammar, describing an adjective or noun phrase that modifies its subject from within the predicate, rather than sitting directly before the noun.

Senses

predikatiivi is used for these senses in English:

• complement (grammar, linguistics) A word or group of words that completes a grammatical construction in the predicate and that describes or is identified with the subject or object. [from 19th c.]
• predicative (grammar) An element of the predicate of a sentence which complements the subject or object by means of the verb. Predicatives may be nominal or adjectival.
• predicative case (grammar) A term that may sometimes be used to describe the case marking a predicative nominative (a noun that renames the subject often following a linking verb), or for the adjective that agrees with it (predicative adjective).

complement — full definition

1. noun Something that completes or goes well with something else.
2. verb To complete or improve something by adding a matching or contrasting quality.

predicative — full definition

1. adjective In grammar, describing an adjective or noun phrase that modifies its subject from within the predicate, rather than sitting directly before the noun.
2. noun In grammar, a word or phrase that completes the predicate by describing the subject or object through the verb.

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