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Definition of predicate nominative - 2 dictionary results

predicate nominative

 
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–noun
(in Latin, Greek, and certain other languages) a predicate noun or adjective in the nominative case.
Origin:
1885–90
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predicate nominative  
n.  A noun or pronoun that follows a linking verb and refers to the same person or thing as the subject of the verb.
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