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Copular

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Adjective

1. copular

of or relating to a copula

Example Sentences:
'a copular verb'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Copular

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noun plural -las or -lae (-ˌliː)
1. 
a verb, such as be, seem, or taste, that is used merely to identify or link the subject with the complement of a sentence. Copulas may serve to link nouns (or pronouns), as in he became king, nouns (or pronouns) and adjectival complements, as in sugar tastes sweet, or nouns (or pronouns) and adverbial complements, as in John is in jail
2. 
anything that serves as a link
3. logic
the often unexpressed link between the subject and predicate terms of a categorial proposition, as are in all men are mortal

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Copular

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nounWord forms: plural ˈcopulas
something that connects or links together
; specif.,
a.  Grammar
linking verb
b.  Logic
the connecting link between the subject and predicate of a proposition

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Copular

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n.
1. A verb, such as a form of be or seem, that identifies the predicate of a sentence with the subject. Also called linking verb.
2. Logic The word or set of words that serves as a link between the subject and predicate of a proposition.

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