Usually means: Completes and describes the subject.
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  1. subject complement: Wiktionary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (subject complement)

▸ noun:  (grammar) A complement which is coupled to a subject.

Similar:
object complement, complement, complementizer, complementer, complementiser, copular verb, complementation, complementor, complementalness, copula, more...

Opposite:
object complement

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Similar:
object complement, complement, complementizer, complementer, complementiser, copular verb, complementation, complementor, complementalness, copula, more...

Opposite:
object complement



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