COPULATIVE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does copulative mean? 

• COPULATIVE (noun)
  The noun COPULATIVE has 1 sense:

1. an equating verb (such as 'be' or 'become') that links the subject with the complement of a sentence

  Familiarity information: COPULATIVE used as a noun is very rare.

• COPULATIVE (adjective)
  The adjective COPULATIVE has 1 sense:

1. syntactically connecting sentences or elements of a sentence

  Familiarity information: COPULATIVE used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COPULATIVE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An equating verb (such as 'be' or 'become') that links the subject with the complement of a sentence

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

copula; copulative; linking verb

Hypernyms ("copulative" is a kind of...):

verb (a content word that denotes an action, occurrence, or state of existence)

Derivation:

copulative (syntactically connecting sentences or elements of a sentence)

• COPULATIVE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Syntactically connecting sentences or elements of a sentence

Context example:

'and' is a copulative conjunction

Similar:

conjunctive (serving or tending to connect)

Domain category:

grammar (the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics))

Derivation:

copulative (an equating verb (such as 'be' or 'become') that links the subject with the complement of a sentence)