Predicate
Word | PREDICATE |
Character | 9 |
Hyphenation | pred i cate |
Pronunciations | /ˈpɹɛdɪkət/ |
Definitions and meanings of "Predicate"
What do we mean by predicate?
To base or establish (a statement or action, for example). intransitive verb
To state or affirm as an attribute or quality of something. intransitive verb
To carry the connotation of; imply. intransitive verb
To make (a term or expression) the predicate of a proposition. intransitive verb
To proclaim or assert; declare. intransitive verb
To make a statement or assertion. intransitive verb
One of the two main constituents of a sentence or clause, modifying the subject and including the verb, objects, or phrases governed by the verb, as opened the door in Jane opened the door or is very sleepy in The child is very sleepy. noun
That part of a proposition that is affirmed or denied about the subject. For example, in the proposition We are mortal, mortal is the predicate. noun
Of or belonging to the predicate of a sentence or clause. adjective
Stated or asserted; predicated. adjective
To declare; assert; affirm; specifically, to affirm as an attribute or quality of something; attribute as a property or characteristic.
To assert, as a proposition or argument, upon given grounds or data; found; hence, to base, as an action, upon certain grounds or security: as, to predicate a loan.
Predicated; belonging to a predicate; constituting a part of what is predicated or asserted of anything; made, through the instrumentality of a verb, to qualify its subject, or sometimes its direct object: thus, in the following sentences the italicized words are predicate: he is an invalid; he is ill; it made him ill; they elected him captain.
That which is predicated or said of a subject in a proposition; in grammar, the word or words in a proposition which express what is affirmed or denied of the subject; that part of the sentence which is not the subject. See proposition. noun
A class name; a title by which a person or thing may be known, in virtue of belonging to a class. noun
To affirm something of another thing; to make an affirmation. intransitive verb
Predicated. adjective
That which is affirmed or denied of the subject. In these propositions, “Paper is white,” “Ink is not white,” whiteness is the predicate affirmed of paper and denied of ink. noun
The word or words in a proposition which express what is affirmed of the subject. noun
To assert to belong to something; to affirm (one thing of another). transitive verb
(grammar) The part of the sentence (or clause) which states something about the subject or the object of the sentence.
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 or function that returns either true or false.
Synonyms and Antonyms for Predicate
- Synonyms for predicate
- Affirm Synonyms
- Affirmation Synonyms
- Announce Synonyms
- Allege Synonyms
- Affirmation Synonyms
- Antonyms for predicate
- Attributive Antonyms
- Prenominal Antonyms
The word "predicate" in example sentences
Cross Reference for Predicate
What does predicate mean?
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