predicate
Grammar. (in many languages, such as English) one of the two main parts of a sentence, containing the verb and any of its objects, modifiers, or other completions, and generally expressing an action, state, or condition: for example, got here quickly in Larry got here quickly, or ate a cookie in I ate a cookie, or slept in The exhausted student slept.: Compare subject (def. 9).
Logic. that which is affirmed or denied concerning the subject of a proposition.
to found or derive (a statement, action, etc.); base (usually followed by on): He predicated his behavior on his faith in humanity.The modern situation is predicated on the illusion of total independence.
Logic.
to affirm or assert (something) of the subject of a proposition.
to make (a term) the predicate of such a proposition.
to connote; imply: His retraction predicates a change of attitude.
to make an affirmation or assertion.
predicated.
Grammar. belonging to the predicate: a predicate noun.
Origin of predicate
1Other words from predicate
- pred·i·ca·tion [pred-i-key-shuhn], /ˌprɛd ɪˈkeɪ ʃən/, noun
- pred·i·ca·tive [pred-i-key-tiv, -kuh-; British pri-dik-uh-tiv], /ˈprɛd ɪˌkeɪ tɪv, -kə-; British prɪˈdɪk ə tɪv/, adjective
- pred·i·ca·tive·ly, adverb
- non·pred·i·ca·tive, adjective
- non·pred·i·ca·tive·ly, adverb
- sub·pred·i·cate, noun
- sub·pred·i·ca·tive, adjective
- un·pred·i·cat·ed, adjective
- un·pred·i·ca·tive, adjective
- un·pred·i·ca·tive·ly, adverb
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How to use predicate in a sentence
Some of that will be predicated on how well its international business does give that it accounted for 15% of its second-quarter revenues despite making up almost 75% of the user base.
‘We want to drive more transactions’: As e-commerce sales accelerate, more media dollars are going to Pinterest | Seb Joseph | September 30, 2020 | DigidayGlobalization—the ideal of an interconnected world—is predicated on the idea that we are stronger working together than split apart.
The next wave of globalization will be made possible by remote work | Jackie Bischof | September 27, 2020 | QuartzHowever, the busybody’s actions and activities are predicated not on what is visible but by what they imagine they are seeing, and this is where it gets dicey.
The rules governing the trust layer display are predicated on a very shallow “job category” to “job type” to a keyword-based ontology.
A new era has arrived in local search: Google’s Local Trust Pack | Justin Sanger | September 18, 2020 | Search Engine LandOvernight, multinational law firms closed their offices, and businesses predicated on collaboration and “face time” moved their faces to video-conferencing software.
How to nurture company culture when everyone’s working from home | Cassie Werber | August 9, 2020 | Quartz
FRIEDMAN: I think you also laid the predicate for the Iran negotiations.
His 2004 Democratic Convention address propelled him into the national spotlight, laying the presidential predicate.
The major term is usually the predicate of the major premise and the predicate of the conclusion.
English: Composition and Literature | W. F. (William Franklin) WebsterAn argument that uses as a premise such a cause may predicate its effect as a conclusion with absolute certainty.
English: Composition and Literature | W. F. (William Franklin) WebsterForcing the subject toward the position usually occupied by the predicate emphasizes the subject.
English: Composition and Literature | W. F. (William Franklin) WebsterUnity therefore dwells within us, and it is in us without the object of which we predicate that it is some one thing.
Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 3 | Plotinos (Plotinus)To predicate it of activity, would be to make it depend on things alien to virtue and the soul.
Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 3 | Plotinos (Plotinus)
British Dictionary definitions for predicate
(also intr; when tr, may take a clause as object) to proclaim, declare, or affirm
to imply or connote
(foll by on or upon) to base or found (a proposition, argument, etc)
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
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
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
of or relating to something that has been predicated
Origin of predicate
1Derived forms of predicate
- predication, noun
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Cultural definitions for predicate
[ (pred-i-kuht) ]
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