different between indicative vs predicative

English

Alternative forms

• (abbreviation, grammar): ind.

Etymology

From Middle French indicatif, from Late Latin indic?t?vus.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?n?d?k.?.t?v/

Adjective

indicative (comparative more indicative, superlative most indicative)

1. serving as a sign, indication or suggestion of something

   He had pains indicative of a heart attack.

2. (grammar) of, or relating to the indicative mood

Translations

Noun

indicative (countable and uncountable, plural indicatives)

1. (grammar, uncountable) The indicative mood.
2. (grammar, countable) A term in the indicative mood.

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Further reading

• indicative on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Adjective

indicative

1. feminine singular of indicatif

Italian

Adjective

indicative

1. feminine plural of indicativo

Anagrams

• indicatevi

Latin

Adjective

indic?t?ve

1. vocative masculine singular of indic?t?vus

English

Alternative forms

• prædicative (dated)

Etymology

predicate +? -ive

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?p??.d?.k?.t?v/, /?p??.d?.k?.t?v/

Adjective

predicative (not comparable)

1. (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.

   In the sentence, ‘This house is big’, ‘big’ is predicative, whereas in ‘This is a big house’, it is attributive.

Antonyms

• attributive

Derived terms

• predicatively
• predicative adjective
• predicative case

Translations

Noun

predicative (plural predicatives)

1. (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.
2. (grammar) In some languages, a special part of speech used as a predicate and denoting a state of being.

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Italian

Adjective

predicative

1. feminine plural of predicativo

Anagrams

• deprecativi