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1. (v.t.) predicate
to proclaim; declare; affirm; assert.
2. predicate
Logic.
3. predicate
to affirm or assert (something) of the subject of a proposition.
4. predicate
to make (a term) the predicate of such a proposition.
5. predicate
to connote; imply:
Their apology predicates a new attitude.
6. predicate
to found or derive (a statement, action, etc.); base (usu. fol. by on):
to predicate one's behavior on faith in humanity.
7. (v.i.) predicate
to make an affirmation or assertion.
8. (adj.) predicate
predicated.
9. predicate
belonging to or used in the predicate of a sentence.
10. (n.) predicate
a syntactic unit that functions as one of the two main constituents of a sentence, the other being the subject, and that consists of a verb and any words governed by the verb or modifying it, as objects, complements, or adverbs, the whole often expressing the action performed by or the state attributed to the subject, as is here in
The package is here.
11. predicate
Logic. that which is affirmed or denied concerning the subject of a proposition.
Etymology: (1400–50; late ME (< MF predicat) < ML praedicātum, n. use of neut. of L praedicātus, ptp. of praedicāre to declare publicly, assert =prae-pre - +dicāre to show, indicate , make known; cf. preach)
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1. (noun) predicate
(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"
2. (verb) predicate, verb phrase
one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the predicate contains the verb and its complements
3. (verb) predicate
make the (grammatical) predicate in a proposition
"The predicate `dog' is predicated of the subject `Fido' in the sentence `Fido is a dog'"
4. (verb) predicate, proclaim
affirm or declare as an attribute or quality of
"The speech predicated the fitness of the candidate to be President"
5. (verb) connote, predicate
involve as a necessary condition of consequence; as in logic
"solving the problem is predicated on understanding it well"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) Predicate
predicated
2. (verb) Predicate
to assert to belong to something; to affirm (one thing of another); as, to predicate whiteness of snow
3. (verb) Predicate
to found; to base
4. (verb) Predicate
to affirm something of another thing; to make an affirmation
5. (verb) Predicate
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
6. (verb) Predicate
the word or words in a proposition which express what is affirmed of the subject
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Sense: what is said about the subject of a sentence
We; The president of the republic
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 Afrikaans: predikatief |
 Arabic: خَبر المُبتَدأ |
 Bulgarian: сказуемо |
 Brazilian: predicado |
 Czech: přísudek |
 German: die Satzaussage |
 Danish: prædikat |
 Greek: κατηγόρημα (γραμμ.) |
 Spanish: predicado |
 Estonian: öeldis |
 Farsi: مسند |
 Finnish: predikaatti |
 French: prédicat |
 Hebrew: נָשוּא |
 Hindi: विधेय |
 Croatian: gram.predikat |
 Hungarian: állítmány |
 Indonesian: predikat |
 Icelandic: umsögn, umsagnarliður |
 Italian: predicato |
 Japanese: 述部 |
 Korean: 술부 |
 Lithuanian: tarinys, predikatas |
 Latvian: izteicējs |
 Malay: predikat |
 Dutch: gezegde |
 Norwegian: verbal, predikat |
 Polish: orzeczenie |
 Persian: مسند |
 Pashto: مسند |
 Portuguese: predicado |
 Romanian: predicat |
 Russian: сказуемое |
 Slovak: prísudok |
 Slovenian: predikat |
 Serbian: predikat |
 Swedish: predikat |
 Thai: ภาคแสดง |
 Turkish: yüklem |
 Taiwanese: 謂語 |
 Ukrainian: присудок, предикат |
 Urdu: مسند، خبر |
 Vietnamese: khẳng định |
 Chinese: 谓语 |
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