predicable

American  

[pred-i-kuh-buhl] / ˈprɛd ɪ kə bəl /

adjective

1. that may be predicated or affirmed; assertable.

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noun

1. that which may be predicated; an attribute.

2. Logic. any one of the various kinds of predicate that may be used of a subject.

predicable British  

/ ˈprɛdɪkəbəl /

adjective

1. capable of being predicated or asserted

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noun

1. a quality, attribute, etc, that can be predicated

2. obsolete logic one of the five Aristotelian classes of predicates ( the five heads of predicables ), namely genus, species, difference, property, and relation

Other Word Forms

• predicability noun
• predicableness noun
• predicably adverb
• unpredicable adjective
• unpredicableness noun
• unpredicably adverb

Etymology

Origin of predicable

1545–55; < Latin praedicābilis assertable, Latin: praiseworthy, equivalent to praedicā ( re ) to declare publicly ( predicate ) + -bilis -ble

Example Sentences

Penelope was no astronomer, of course, but she understood enough to know that the moon had been keeping a rather predicable schedule for countless thousands of years.

From Literature

If Kamala Harris wins investors expect her trade and foreign policies to be a continuation of Joe Biden's more predicable approach.

From BBC

The dualities of love and hate, life and death, dissolve at Disney, making imagining beyond the predicable possible.

From Los Angeles Times

She said a surge of cases in the winter, when people are socializing indoors, was utterly predicable, and yet schools were not ready when it happened.

From Washington Post

It happens for all the predicable reasons, such as making too many poor staffing choices, a lack of effort or low performance results.

From Seattle Times