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copula
[ kop-yuh-luh ]
noun
- something that connects or links together.
- Also called linking verb. Grammar. a verb, as be, seem, or look, that serves as a connecting link or establishes an identity between subject and complement. Compare action verb.
- Logic. a word or set of words that acts as a connecting link between the subject and predicate of a proposition.
copula
/ 藞办蓲辫箩蕣濒蓹 /
noun
- 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
- anything that serves as a link
- logic the often unexpressed link between the subject and predicate terms of a categorial proposition, as are in all men are mortal
Derived Forms
- 藞肠辞辫耻濒补谤, adjective
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 肠辞辫顎僽路濒补谤 adjective
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of copula1
Example Sentences
Lady arachnids have a well-deserved reputation for polishing off their suitors, post copula, in a manner that Hannibal Lecter might have admired.
We may, indeed, say, 陆a friendship has long existed between them,赂 instead of saying, 陆there has long been a friendship between them;赂 but in this case, exist is not a mere copula.
We say 鈥榤urder is death to the perpetrator鈥 where the copula is brings; 鈥榯wo and two are four,鈥 the copula being 鈥榟ave the value of,鈥 etc.鈥
These propositions, as will be seen, are not cast in what the logician calls logical form, with regular terms and copula.
By means of this representation, and the peculiar nature of the attribute, the verb is distinguished from the mere logical copula, with which it is liable to be confounded if these ideas are not understood.
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