antepredicative
|an-te-pre-di-ca-tive|
/ˌæn.ti.prɪˈdɪk.ə.tɪv/
before the predicate
Etymology
'antepredicative' originates from Latin elements: the prefix 'ante-' and the adjective-forming element from Latin 'praedicativus' (via Medieval/Modern Latin 'predicative'), where 'ante-' meant 'before' and 'praedicare' (source of 'predicate') meant 'to proclaim' or 'to state'.
'antepredicative' was formed in Modern English by combining the Latin-derived prefix 'ante-' ('before') with the adjective 'predicative' (from Medieval/Modern Latin 'praedicativus' / 'predicativus'), yielding a technical term meaning 'before the predicate'.
Initially the components related to 'before' and to 'predicate' (originally 'to proclaim' or 'to state'); over time the coined English term came to mean specifically 'positioned before the predicate' in grammatical descriptions.
Meanings by Part of Speech
Adjective 1
occurring before the predicate in a sentence; positioned anterior to the predicate.
In some syntactic descriptions, an adjective can be described as antepredicative when it appears before the predicate.
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Last updated: 2026/01/08 03:37