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predicate definition

predi·cate (pred′i kāt′; for n. & adj., -kit)

transitive verb predicated -·cat′ed, predicating -·cat′·ing

  1. Obsolete to proclaim; preach; declare; affirm
    1. to affirm as a quality, attribute, or property of a person or thing to predicate the honesty of another's motives
    2. Logic to assert (something) about the subject of a proposition
  3. to affirm or base (something) on or upon given facts, arguments, conditions, etc.
  4. to imply or connote

Etymology: L praedicatus, pp. of praedicare: see preach

intransitive verb

to make an affirmation or statement

noun

  1. Gram. the verb or verbal phrase, including any complements, objects, and modifiers, that is one of the two immediate constituents of a sentence and asserts something about the subject
  2. Logic something that is affirmed or denied about the subject of a proposition (Ex.: green in “grass is green”)

Etymology: ML praedicatum, neut. of praedicatus: see predicatethe

adjective

Gram. of or having the nature of a predicate a predicate adjective

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predicate Synonyms

predicate

n.

verb, verbal phrase, part of speech, word; see verb.


predicate

v.

assert, declare, state, signify; see mean 1.


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predicate Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • satisfy: The index contains entries for only those table rows that satisfy the predicate.

Adjective modifier

  • vague: This is not the case with vague predicates like hot, or tall.

Modifies a noun

  • calculus: Such a question is irrelevant at the level of predicate calculus.

Noun used with modifier

  • one-place: If Q 1 is a one-place predicate letter in K, then I ( Q ) is a subset of d.
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