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Definition of Predicate
1. Verb. Make the (grammatical) predicate in a proposition. "The predicate `dog' is predicated of the subject `Fido' in the sentence `Fido is a dog'"
2. Noun. (logic) what is predicated of the subject of a proposition; the second term in a proposition is predicated of the first term by means of the copula. "`Socrates is a man' predicates manhood of Socrates"
3. Verb. Affirm or declare as an attribute or quality of. "The speech predicated the fitness of the candidate to be President"
4. Noun. One of the two main constituents of a sentence; the predicate contains the verb and its complements.
5. Verb. Involve as a necessary condition of consequence; as in logic. "Solving the problem is predicated on understanding it well"
Definition of Predicate
1. v. t. To assert to belong to something; to affirm (one thing of another); as, to predicate whiteness of snow.
2. v. i. To affirm something of another thing; to make an affirmation.
3. n. That which is affirmed or denied of the subject. In these propositions, "Paper is white," "Ink is not white," whiteness is the predicate affirmed of paper and denied of ink.
4. a. Predicated.
Definition of Predicate
1. Noun. (grammar) The part of the sentence (or clause) which states something about the subject or the object of the sentence. ¹
2. Noun. (logic) A term of a statement, where the statement may be true or false depending on whether the thing referred to by the values of the statement's variables has the property signified by that (predicative) term. ¹
3. Noun. (computing) An operator or function that returns either true or false. ¹
4. Verb. (transitive) To announce or assert publicly. ¹
5. Verb. (transitive logic) To state, assert. ¹
6. Verb. (transitive) To suppose, assume; to infer. ¹
7. Verb. (transitive originally US) To base (on); to assert on the grounds of. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Predicate
1. [v -CATED, -CATING, -CATES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Predicate
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