objective complement
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predicate adjective
The symbol comes from the Greek alphabet.
Complement of 81º = 99º
The word 'greatest' is not a noun.The word 'greatest' is the superlative form of the adjective 'great'.It can be confusing when the word 'greatest' is used in a sentence as 'the greatest'. For example, when Muhammad Ali said, "I am the greatest!", the word 'greatest' is functioning as a predicate adjective (a type of subject complement) following the linking verb 'am'.A linking verb acts as an equals sign, the subject of the sentence is or becomes the object noun, pronoun, or adjective.In the example sentence above, I = greatest.The noun, pronoun, or adjective following a linking verb is called a subject complement (the object complements the subject).A noun or pronoun subject complement is call predicate nominative (or predicate noun).An adjective subject complement is called a predicate adjective.
On an artist's color wheel, green is the complement of red. Orange is the complement of blue. On a printing color wheel, cyan is the complement of red. Yellow is the complement of blue.