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Copula

🔄 Synonyms of "Copula"

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Word	Definition
copulativenoun	(grammar) That acts as a copula.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Copula"

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Word	Definition
copulativenoun	(grammar) That acts as a copula.
equativenoun	(grammar) A grammatical construction using an adjective or an adverb in the comparative of equality (also called "equative degree").
contractible	Capable of contraction
copular verbnoun	(grammar) A verb that links a subject to a complement that refers to the subject.
linking verbnoun	Copula, copulative verb.
zero copulanoun	(linguistics) The joining of the subject to the predicate without using a copula, as in "the more the merrier".
conjunctive adverbnoun	(grammar) An adverb that connects two clauses; linking adverb.
compound predicate wordnoun	(grammar) A predicate in a sentence that consists of two or more verbs or verb phrases sharing the same subject and joined by a conjunction.
subject complementnoun	(grammar) A complement which is coupled to a subject.
complementizernoun	(linguistics) A subordinating conjunction that can convert a clause into a complement clause, i.e. one that completes a grammatical construction in the predicate and that describes or is identified with the subject or object.
complementnoun	The totality, the full amount or number which completes something.
connectivenoun	That which connects.
coordinating conjunctionnoun	(grammar) A conjunction that joins two grammatical elements of the same status or construction. It can join subjects, objects, verbs, nouns, adjectives, phrases, and independent clauses.
conjunctionnoun	(grammar) A word used to join other words, phrases, or clauses together into sentences. (The specific conjunction used shows how the two joined parts are related semantically.)
conjugatenoun	(algebra, of a complex number) A complex conjugate.
object complementnoun	(grammar) A complement which is coupled to an object.
connecting wordnoun	(grammar) A term that links two ideas in a piece of writing, a conjunction.
conjunctnoun	(logic, linguistics) Either term of a conjunction.
linkernoun	(software compilation) A computer program that takes one or more objects generated by compilers and assembles them into a single executable program.
predicandnoun	(semantics) The referent of the phrase of which another constituent (the predicate) is predicated.