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Predicate
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What's The Definition Of Predicate?
[n] one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the predicate contains the verb and its complements
[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; "`Socrates is a man' predicates manhood of Socrates" [adj] (grammar) of adjectives; relating to or occurring within the predicate of a sentence; "`red' is a predicative adjective in `the apple is red'" [v] involve as a necessary condition of consequence; as in logic; "solving the problem is predicated on understanding it well" [v] affirm or declare as an attribute or quality of; "The speech predicated the fitness of the candidate to be President" [v] make the (grammatical) predicate in a proposition; "The predicate 'dog' is predicated of the subject 'Fido' in the sentence 'Fido is a dog'" Synonyms | Synonyms for Predicate: connote | predicative | proclaim | verb phrase Related Terms | Find terms related to Predicate: advance | affirm | affirmance | affirmation | allegation | allege | announce | announcement | annunciate | annunciation | appositive | argue | assert | assertion | assever | asseverate | asseveration | attribute | attributive | aver | averment | avouch | avouchment | avow | avowal | bottom | complement | conclusion | construction modifier | contend | creed | cutting | declaration | declare | deep structure | depose | dictum | direct object | enunciate | enunciation | establish | express | filler | form-function unit | found | function | ground | have | hold | IC analysis | immediate constituent analysis | indirect object | insist | ipse dixit | issue a manifesto | lay down | levels | maintain | manifesto | modifier | object | phrase structure | pose | posit | position | position paper | positive declaration | postulate | predication | proclaim | proclamation | profess | profession | pronounce | pronouncement | propose | proposition | propound | protest | protestation | put | put it | qualifier | ranks | rest | say | saying | say-so | set down | set forth | shallow structure | slot | slot and filler | speak | speak out | speak up | stance | stand | stand for | stand on | state | statement | stay | strata | structure | subject | submit | surface structure | syntactic analysis | syntactic structure | syntactics | syntax | tagmeme | underlying structure | utterance | vouch | word | word arrangement | word order See Also | assert | asseverate | imply | interrelate | maintain | phrase | relate | term Predicate In Webster's Dictionary \Pred"i*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Predicated}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Predicating}.] [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. To affirm something of another thing; to make an affirmation. --Sir M. Hale. \Pred"i*cate\, n. [L. praedicatum, neut. of praedicatus, p. p. praedicare: cf. F. pr['e]dicat. See {Predicate}, v. t.] 1. (Logic) 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.) The word or words in a proposition which express what is affirmed of the subject. Syn: Affirmation; declaration. \Pred"i*cate\, a. [L. praedicatus, p. p.] Predicated. |
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