[{"word":"predicative","phonetic":"/pɹɪˈdɪk.ə.tɪv/","phonetics":[{"text":"/pɹɪˈdɪk.ə.tɪv/","audio":""}],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"(grammar) An element of the predicate of a sentence which supplements the subject or object by means of the verb. Predicatives may be nominal or adjectival.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"(grammar) In some languages, a special part of speech used as a predicate and denoting a state of being.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"adjective","definitions":[{"definition":"(grammar, of an adjectival or nominal phrase) Modifying a noun while in a predicate phrase, which predicate phrase is other than the noun phrase and occurs after a verb, as a predicate; contrasted with attributive.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"In the sentence, ‘This house is big’, ‘big’ is predicative, whereas in ‘This is a big house’, it is attributive."}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":["attributive"]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/predicative"]}]