of adjectives; relating to or occurring within the predicate of a sentence; "`red' is a predicative adjective in `the apple is red'"

Predicative refers to the semantic position of an adjective. A predicative adjective can form the predicate of a verbless clause with the modifying noun as the subject. See also attributive position. Example:“the house is green” (predicative adjective position)“the green house” (attributive adjective position)

An adjective that can be used only in predicate positions. If is a predicate adjective, it can be used in such phrases as "it is ".

Expressing affirmation or predication; affirming; predicating, as, a predicative term.

formed or contained in the predicate