Definitions for copula

copula cop·u·la

Spelling: [kop-yuh-luh]
IPA: /ˈkɒp yə lə/

Copula is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 108 anagrams from letters in copula (aclopu).

Definitions for copula

noun

  1. something that connects or links together.
  2. 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.
  3. Logic. a word or set of words that acts as a connecting link between the subject and predicate of a proposition.

Origin of copula

1640-50; Latin cōpula, equivalent to co- co- + ap- fasten (see apt) + -ula -ule

Examples for copula

The predicate nominative is commonest after the copula is (in its various forms).

They resemble them in that they are beliefs in being signified by the copula.

A promise of marriage, followed by copula, also constitutes a marriage.

Antisthenes 222probably considered that the copula implied identity between the predicate and the subject.

copula, kop′ū-la, n. that which joins together: a bond or tie: (logic) the word joining the subject and predicate.

Giovanni averred himself ready to affirm on oath that no copula had ever followed, and he adhibited his consent to the divorce.

Each proposition consists of two terms, the subject and its predicate, united by the copula.

Hence—The copula instead of determining a case expresses a concord.

Concessive clauses sometimes omit the copula and its subject.

Clauses of time are sometimes shortened by the omission of the copula and its subject.

Word Value for copula
Scrable

10

Words with friends

14

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