PREDICATE

predicate, verb phrase

(noun) one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the predicate contains the verb and its complements

predicate

(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”

connote, predicate

(verb) involve as a necessary condition of consequence; as in logic; “solving the problem is predicated on understanding it well”

predicate, proclaim

(verb) affirm or declare as an attribute or quality of; “The speech predicated the fitness of the candidate to be President”

predicate

(verb) make the (grammatical) predicate in a proposition; “The predicate ‘dog’ is predicated of the subject ‘Fido’ in the sentence ‘Fido is a dog’”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Noun

predicate (plural predicates)

(grammar) The part of the sentence (or clause) which states something about the subject or the object of the sentence.

(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.

(computing) An operator or function that returns either true or false.

Adjective

predicate (comparative more predicate, superlative most predicate)

(grammar) Of or related to the predicate of a sentence or clause.

Predicated, stated.

(law) Relating to or being any of a series of criminal acts upon which prosecution for racketeering may be predicated.

Etymology 2

Verb

predicate (third-person singular simple present predicates, present participle predicating, simple past and past participle predicated)

(transitive) To announce, assert, or proclaim publicly.

(transitive) To assume or suppose; to infer.

(transitive, originally, US) to base (on); to assert on the grounds of.

(transitive, grammar) To make a term (or expression) the predicate of a statement.

(transitive, logic) To assert or state as an attribute or quality of something.

Anagrams

• 'preciated

Source: Wiktionary


Pred"i*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Predicated; p. pr. & vb. n. Predicating.] Etym: [L. praedicatus, p. p. of praedicare to cry in public, to proclaim. See Preach.]

1. To assert to belong to something; to affirm (one thing of another); as, to predicate whiteness of snow.

2. To found; to base. [U.S.]

Note: Predicate is sometimes used in the United States for found or base; as, to predicate an argument on certain principles; to predicate a statement on information received. Predicate is a term in logic, and used only in a single case, namely, when we affirm one thing of another. "Similitude is not predicated of essences or substances, but of figures and qualities only." Cudworth.

Pred"i*cate, v. i.

Definition: To affirm something of another thing; to make an affirmation. Sir M. Hale.

Pred"i*cate, n. Etym: [L. praedicatum, neut. of praedicatus, p. p. praedicare: cf. F. prédicat. See Predicate, v. t.]

1. (Logic)

Definition: 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.

2. (Gram.)

Definition: The word or words in a proposition which express what is affirmed of the subject.

Syn.

– Affirmation; declaration.

Pred"i*cate, a. Etym: [L. praedicatus, p. p.]

Definition: Predicated.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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