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predicate
('pr/E/d/I/k/@/t
)
adjective (a)
- Predicated.(adjective)source: webster1913
noun (n)
- (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(noun.communication)Example:
`Socrates is a man' predicates manhood of Socrates.
source: wordnet30 - one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the predicate contains the verb and its complements(noun.communication)source: wordnet30
- 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.(noun)source: webster1913
verb (v)
- make the (grammatical) predicate in a proposition(verb.communication)Example:
The predicate `dog' is predicated of the subject `Fido' in the sentence `Fido is a dog'.
source: wordnet30 - affirm or declare as an attribute or quality of(verb.communication)Example:
The speech predicated the fitness of the candidate to be President.
source: wordnet30 - involve as a necessary condition of consequence; as in logic(verb.communication)Example:
Solving the problem is predicated on understanding it well.
source: wordnet30 - To assert to belong to something; to affirm (one thing of another); as, to predicate whiteness of snow.(verb)source: webster1913
- To affirm something of another thing; to make an affirmation.(verb)source: webster1913