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predicate

Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɛd.ɪ.kət/

The English word “predicate” has 11 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. The part of the sentence (or clause) which states a property that a subject has or is characterized by.
  2. 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.
  3. An operator, expression, or function that returns either true or false.

adjective

  1. Of or related to the predicate of a sentence or clause.
  2. Predicated, stated.
  3. Relating to or being any of a series of criminal acts upon which prosecution for racketeering may be predicated.

verb

  1. To announce, assert, or proclaim publicly.
  2. To assume or suppose; to infer.
  3. To base (on); to assert on the grounds of.
  4. To make a term (or expression) the predicate of a statement.
  5. To assert or state as an attribute or quality of something.

Etymology

From Middle English predicat(e), from Old French predicat (French prédicat), from Medieval Latin praedicātum (“thing said of a subject, predicate”), substantivized from the nominative neuter singular of praedicātus, the perfect passive participle praedicō (“to proclaim”), see -ate (noun-forming suffix); see also Etymology 2 below. The adjective was derived from the noun by metanalysis, see -ate…

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