predicative

predicative
[prɪ'dɪkətɪv]
adjective
1》 Grammar (of an adjective or other modifier) forming or contained in the predicate, as old in the dog is old (but not in the old dog). Contrasted with attributive.
    ↘denoting a use of the verb to be to assert something about the subject.
2》 Logic acting as a predicate.
Derivatives
predicatively adverb

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