Definition of "predicative" [pred•i•ca•tive]

• Used after a verb, as a predicate; contrasted with attributive. (adjective)
• 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. (noun)

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• "An adjective used just after a noun is called a predicative adjective - "The princess was very beautiful.""
• "But even there I think I would be puzzled by any use that wasn't both negated and predicative, which is not the case with the hardier "untoward"."
• "When an adjective follows a form of be or a few other verbs which I don’t want to talk about, it is known as a predicative adjective."