predicative adjective

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predicative adjective (plural predicative adjectives)

  1. (grammar) An adjective that is not part of the noun clause it modifies, but is linked to it with a copula.
    ‘Complicated’ is a predicative adjective in the sentence ‘Grammar is complicated.’
    In ‘This looks bad,’ the word ‘bad’ is the predicative adjective.

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