predicate
IPA: prˈɛdʌkeɪt
noun
- (grammar) The part of the sentence (or clause) which states a property that a subject has or is characterized by.
- (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.
verb
- (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.
adjective
- (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.
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Examples of "predicate" in Sentences
- The predicate is underlined.
- The other constituent is the predicate.
- The negation particle precedes the predicate.
- It was pulling the thrust of the predicate off track.
- The predicate is supplied to the operator as a delegate.
- The predicate is the thing which is said of the subject.
- The content of both subject and predicate is one and the same.
- The subject and predicate are called the 'terms' of the proposition.
- A noun phrase alone cannot form the predicate of the existential verb.
- The check specifier is followed by a predicate enclosed in parentheses.