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
- 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
- abutment
- articulation
- association
- attachment
- bandage
- bandeau
- belt
- bend
- binding
- bond
- bracket
- braid
- bridge
- cable
- chain
- channel
- circle
- circuit
- cohabitation
- coitus
- concourse
- confluence
- conjuncture
- connection
- connective
- constituent
- consummation
- contact
- copula
- cord
- coupler
- coupling
- crux
- division
- elbow
- element
- fastening
- fillet
- going to bed with
- harness
- hinge
- hitch
- hookup
- hoop
- hyphen
- impingement
- in
- interconnection
- interface
- intersection
- joining
- joint
- junction
- knot
- ligament
- ligation
- ligature
- line
- link
- loop
- manacle
- meeting
- member
- network
- nexus
- node
- part
- piece
- point
- relationship
- ribbon
- ring
- rope
- sash
- scarf
- seam
- section
- sex
- sexual commerce
- sexual congress
- sexual relations
- shackle
- sleeping with
- snood
- splice
- stay
- strap
- string
- strip
- suture
- swivel
- tangency
- tape
- tie
- tie-up
- truss
- union
- vinculum
- weld
- yoke
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