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predicative in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Predicative may
refer to:
Something having the
properties of a
grammatical predicate Predicative expression...
- A
predicative expression (or just
predicative) is part of a
clause predicate, and is an
expression that
typically follows a co**** or
linking verb, e...
- A
predicative verb is a verb that
behaves as a
grammatical adjective; that is, it
predicates (qualifies or
informs about the
properties of its argument)...
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means to be
predicative or impredicative.
Authors have
given different but
related definitions. The
opposite of
impredicativity is
predicativity,
which essentially...
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Predicative programming is the
original name of a
formal method for
program specification and refinement, more
recently called a
Practical Theory of Programming...
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predicative of the subject) and
object complement are emplo**** to
denote the
predicative expressions (
predicative complements), such as
predicative adjectives...
- determiners. Examples: That's a
funny idea. (Attributive) That idea is funny. (
Predicative) Tell me
something funny. (Postpositive) The good, the bad, and the funny...
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introducing ad hoc aspects. One
example is C++
template specialization. In a
predicative type
system (also
known as a
prenex polymorphic system), type variables...
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doing so.
These elements are
objects (direct, indirect, prepositional),
predicatives, and adjuncts: She dances. — Verb-only predicate. Ben
reads the book...
- they
modify and
after determiners.
English adjectives also
function as
predicative complements (e.g., the
child is happy). In
Modern English, adjectives...
