predicate
Meanings
noun
- The part of the sentence (or clause) which states a property that a subject has or is characterized by.
- 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.
- An operator, expression, or function that returns either true or false.
adj
- Of or related to the predicate of a sentence or clause.
- Predicated, stated.
- Relating to or being any of a series of criminal acts upon which prosecution for racketeering may be predicated.
verb
- To announce, assert, or proclaim publicly.
- To assume or suppose; to infer.
- To base (on); to assert on the grounds of.
- To make a term (or expression) the predicate of a statement.
- To assert or state as an attribute or quality of something.
Pronunciation
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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 (adjective-forming suffix).
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