predicate noun (English, noun)
expansion: predicate noun (plural predicate nouns)
Senses:
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: 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. For example "He is a fireman" or "They made him chief".
Forms:
form: predicate nouns
tags: plural