Antonyms for copula


Grammar : Noun
Spell : kop-yuh-luh
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkɒp yə lə


Definition of copula

Origin :
  • linking verb, 1640s, from Latin copula "that which binds, rope, band, bond" (see copulate).
  • As in joint : noun intersection, juncture
  • As in link : noun component, connection
  • As in band : noun something which encircles
  • As in sexual intercourse : noun making love
Example sentences :
  • A promise of marriage, followed by copula, also constitutes a marriage.
  • Extract from : « Notes and Queries, Number 183, April 30, 1853 » by Various
  • They resemble them in that they are beliefs in being signified by the copula.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 8 » by Various
  • Hence—The copula instead of determining a case expresses a concord.
  • Extract from : « The English Language » by Robert Gordon Latham
  • Antisthenes 222probably considered that the copula implied identity between the predicate and the subject.
  • Extract from : « Plato and the Other Companions of Sokrates, 3rd ed. Volume III (of 4) » by George Grote
  • Copula, kop′ū-la, n. that which joins together: a bond or tie: (logic) the word joining the subject and predicate.
  • Extract from : « Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) » by Various
  • Giovanni averred himself ready to affirm on oath that no copula had ever followed, and he adhibited his consent to the divorce.
  • Extract from : « Memoirs of the Dukes of Urbino, Volume I (of 3) » by James Dennistoun
  • Each proposition consists of two terms, the subject and its predicate, united by the copula.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 8 » by Various
  • The predicate nominative is commonest after the copula is (in its various forms).
  • Extract from : « An Advanced English Grammar with Exercises » by George Lyman Kittredge
  • Clauses of time are sometimes shortened by the omission of the copula and its subject.
  • Extract from : « An Advanced English Grammar with Exercises » by George Lyman Kittredge
  • Concessive clauses sometimes omit the copula and its subject.
  • Extract from : « An Advanced English Grammar with Exercises » by George Lyman Kittredge

Synonyms for copula

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