Origin: Latin suffix -ive
Predicative has 3 different meanings across 1 category:
An element of the predicate of a sentence which supplements the subject or object by means of the verb. Predicatives may be nominal or adjectival.
of adjectives; relating to or occurring within the predicate of a sentence
"`red' is a predicative adjective in `the apple is red'"
Modifying a noun while in a predicate phrase, which predicate phrase is other than the noun phrase and occurs after a verb, as a predicate; contrasted with attributive.