predication

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A proclamation, announcement or preaching.
  2. An assertion or affirmation.
  3. The act of making something the subject or predicate of a proposition.
  4. The parallel execution of all possible outcomes of a branch instruction, all except one of which are discarded after the branch condition has been evaluated.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

predication predications prædication

Etymology

From Middle English predicacion, from Anglo-Norman predicaciun, from Latin praedicātiō, from praedicō.

Related words

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