"equative sentence" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: equative sentences [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} equative sentence (plural equative sentences)
  1. (grammar) A sentence in which the subject is identified with a (nominal) predicate. Categories (topical): Grammar Translations (Translations): phrase équative [feminine] (French)

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