Definitions for predicateˈprɛd ɪˌkeɪt; -kɪt

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pred•i•cateˈprɛd ɪˌkeɪt; -kɪt(v.; adj., n.; adj.; n.)-cat•ed, -cat•ing

  1. (v.t.)to proclaim; declare; affirm; assert.

  2. Logic. to affirm or assert (something) of the subject of a proposition. to make (a term) the predicate of such a proposition.

    Category: Philosphy

  3. to connote; imply:

    Their apology predicates a new attitude.

  4. to found or derive (a statement, action, etc.); base (usu. fol. by on):

    to predicate one's behavior on faith in humanity.

  5. (v.i.)to make an affirmation or assertion.

  6. (adj.)predicated.

  7. belonging to or used in the predicate of a sentence.

    Category: Grammar

  8. (n.)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.

    Category: Grammar

  9. Logic. that which is affirmed or denied concerning the subject of a proposition.

    Category: Philosphy

Origin of predicate:

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

pred′i•ca`tive•ly(adv.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. 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"

  2. predicate, verb phrase(verb)

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

  3. 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'"

  4. predicate, proclaim(verb)

    affirm or declare as an attribute or quality of

    "The speech predicated the fitness of the candidate to be President"

  5. connote, predicate(verb)

    involve as a necessary condition of consequence; as in logic

    "solving the problem is predicated on understanding it well"

Webster Dictionary

  1. Predicate(verb)

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

  2. Predicate(verb)

    to found; to base

  3. Predicate(verb)

    to affirm something of another thing; to make an affirmation

  4. Predicate(verb)

    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

  5. Predicate(verb)

    the word or words in a proposition which express what is affirmed of the subject

  6. Predicate(adj)

    predicated


Translations for predicate

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

predicate(noun)

what is said about the subject of a sentence

We; The president of the republic

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