ALL meanings of copula
cop·u·la
C c - countable noun copula A copula is the same as a linking verb. 3
- noun copula 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 3
- noun copula anything that serves as a link 3
- noun copula the often unexpressed link between the subject and predicate terms of a categorial proposition, as are in all men are mortal 3
- noun copula something that connects or links together 3
- noun copula linking verb 3
- noun copula the connecting link between the subject and predicate of a proposition 3
- noun plural copula something that connects or links together. 1
- noun plural copula 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. 1
- noun plural copula Logic. a word or set of words that acts as a connecting link between the subject and predicate of a proposition. 1
- noun copula A connecting word, in particular a form of the verb be connecting a subject and complement. 1
- noun copula (linguistics, grammar) A word, usually a verb, used to link the subject of a sentence with a predicate (usually a subject complement or an adverbial), that unites or associates the subject with the predicate. 0
- noun copula (statistics) A function that represents the association between two or more variables, independent of the individual marginal distributions of the variables. 0
- noun copula (music) A device that connects two or more keyboards of an organ. 0