Copula

Quick meaning: Copula is a noun meaning The bond or relationship by which two things are combined into a unity.

Meaning

The bond or relationship by which two things are combined into a unity.

More Meanings

1. (music) A device that connects two or more keyboards of an organ.
2. (biology) The act of copulation; mating.
3. (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.
4. (statistics) A function that represents the association between two or more variables, independent of the individual marginal distributions of the variables.

Example Sentences

Lang Belta has no copula like English ‘is’.

I quite correctly defined logical copulation by means [of] the copula of inclusion.

The theory of conjunctively tensed copulae will be developed and stated with more precision in the following section.

This paper explores the position of the copula in the development of the verb system in second language acquisition of Italian.

Word Forms

• copulas
• copulae

Synonyms for copula

Depending on context, synonyms include copulative.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include copulative, equative, contractible, complementizer, complement, connective.

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