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predicate nouns

predicate nouns is the plural of predicate noun.

Meaning of predicate noun

Noun

predicate noun (plural predicate nouns)

  1. A noun used in the predicate of a sentence with a copulative verb or a factitive verb and that refers to the subject of the copulative verb or the direct object of the factitive verb.
    • Harner pointed out that "Colwell was almost entirely concerned with the question whether anarthrous predicate nouns were definite or indefinite, and he did not discuss at any length the problem of their qualitative significance."1996, Daniel B. Wallace, Greek Grammar Beyond the Basics, →ISBN

Questions about predicate nouns

What is predicate nouns the plural of?
Predicate nouns is the plural of predicate noun.

Words near predicate nouns in the dictionary

  1. predicate adjectives
  2. predicate calculus
  3. predicate logic
  4. predicate logics
  5. predicate noun
  6. predicate nouns
  7. predicated
  8. predicates
  9. predicatid
  10. predicatids
  11. predicating

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