Predicative
verb (used with object), predicated, predicating.
1.
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.
3.
to connote; imply:
His retraction predicates a change of attitude.
4.
to found or derive (a statement, action, etc.); base (usually followed by on):
He predicated his behavior on his faith in humanity.
verb (used without object), predicated, predicating.
5.
to make an affirmation or assertion.
adjective
6.
predicated.
7.
Grammar. belonging to the predicate:
a predicate noun.
noun
8.
Grammar. (in many languages, as English) a syntactic unit that functions as one of the two main constituents of a simple sentence, the other being the subject, and that consists of a verb, which in English may agree with the subject in number, and of all the words governed by the verb or modifying it, the whole often expressing the action performed by or the state attributed to the subject, as is here in Larry is here.
9.
Logic. that which is affirmed or denied concerning the subject of a proposition.
adjective
1.
(grammar) relating to or occurring within the predicate of a sentence: a predicative adjective Compare attributive
2.
(logic) (of a definition) given in terms that do not require quantification over entities of the same type as that which is thereby defined Compare impredicative
verb (mainly transitive) (ˈprɛdɪˌkeɪt)
1.
(also intr; when transitive, may take a clause as object) to proclaim, declare, or affirm
2.
to imply or connote
3.
foll by on or upon. to base or found (a proposition, argument, etc)
4.
(logic)
to assert or affirm (a property, characteristic, or condition) of the subject of a proposition
to make (a term, expression, etc) the predicate of a proposition
noun (ˈprɛdɪkɪt)
5.
(grammar)
the part of a sentence in which something is asserted or denied of the subject of a sentence; one of the two major components of a sentence, the other being the subject
(as modifier): a predicate adjective
6.
(logic)
an expression that is derived from a sentence by the deletion of a name
a property, characteristic, or attribute that may be affirmed or denied of something. The categorial statement all men are mortal relates two predicates, is a man and is mortal
the term of a categorial proposition that is affirmed or denied of its subject. In this example all men is the subject, and mortal is the predicate
a function from individuals to truth values, the truth set of the function being the extension of the predicate
adjective (ˈprɛdɪkɪt)
7.
of or relating to something that has been predicated
predicate [(pred-i-kuht)]
The part of a sentence that shows what is being said about the subject. The predicate includes the main verb and all its modifiers. In the following sentence, the italicized portion is the predicate: “Olga’s dog was the ugliest creature on four legs.”
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