different between predicative vs predictive

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.

Translations

Italian

Adjective

predicative

1. feminine plural of predicativo

Anagrams

• deprecativi

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin praedictivus, from praedico.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?kt?v

Adjective

predictive (comparative more predictive, superlative most predictive)

1. Useful in predicting.

   The amount of rain in April is predictive of the number of mosquitoes in May.

2. (computing) Describing a predictor.
3. (medicine) Expressing the expected accuracy of a statistical measure or of a diagnostic test.

Antonyms

• reactive

Derived terms

• predictive text

Translations