English Dictionary

predicative

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈpɹɛ.dɪ.kə.tɪv/

形容詞

比較不可 形容詞句・名詞句

(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.

日本語の意味

述語的な: 形容詞または名詞性句が、名詞そのものではなく、動詞に続く述語的な位置で用いられ、名詞を修飾する形（＝属性的な用法と対比される用法）

In the sentence 'The sky is blue', 'blue' functions as a predicative adjective.

「空は青い」という文では、「青い」は述語的に用いられる形容詞として機能します。

意味（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.