predikatiivi — meaning in English
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English meaning
- complement noun Something that completes or goes well with something else.
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
- noun Something that completes or goes well with something else.
- verb To complete or improve something by adding a matching or contrasting quality.