subject complement
nounEtymology From subject + complement.
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Grammar, Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences A complement which is coupled to a subject.
- In the sentence "That is a flying car!", 'that' is the subject and 'flying car' is the subject complement.
- In the sentence "That house seems haunted!", 'that house' is the subject and 'haunted' is the subject complement (in this case an adjective).
- Related terms
- object complement, clausal complement, predicative