Predicative vs. Attributive

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.

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

(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.

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

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

of adjectives; relating to or occurring within the predicate of a sentence;

Example: ‘`red' is a predicative adjective in `the apple is red'’;

Modifying a noun, while in the same phrase as that noun.

Example: ‘In "this big house", "big" is attributive, whereas in "this house is big", it is predicative.’; ‘In "this tiger is a man-eater," "man" is an attributive noun.’;

Having the nature of an attribute.

Serving to express an attribute of an object.

(grammar) An attributive word or phrase (see above), contrasted with predicative or substantive.

Example: ‘In "this big house," "big" is an attributive, while in "this house is big," it is a predicative.’;

Attributing; pertaining to, expressing, or assigning an attribute; of the nature of an attribute.

A word that denotes an attribute; esp. a modifying word joined to a noun; an adjective or adjective phrase.

of adjectives; placed before the nouns they modify;

Example: ‘`red' is an attributive adjective in `a red apple'’;