predicate adjective

English

Noun

predicate adjective (plural predicate adjectives)

1. Alternative form of predicative adjective
   • 1982, Gary Forlini, Grammar and Composition, Level 6: Annotated Teacher's Edition, Prentice–Hall Inc., →ISBN, page 76:

     A predicate adjective refers to the subject by describing it in much the same way that any adjective modifies a noun or pronoun.