predicable

[ pred-i-kuh-buhl ]

adjective

that may be predicated or affirmed; assertable.

noun

that which may be predicated; an attribute.
Logic. any one of the various kinds of predicate that may be used of a subject.

Origin of predicable

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

Other words from predicable

pred·i·ca·bil·i·ty, pred·i·ca·ble·ness, noun
pred·i·ca·bly, adverb
un·pred·i·ca·ble, adjective
un·pred·i·ca·ble·ness, noun
un·pred·i·ca·bly, adverb

Words Nearby predicable

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How to use predicable in a sentence

There has been predicable resistance to the public health measure, particularly among the unvaccinated, with more than 160,000 protestors claiming it unfairly restricts their freedom.
How big a problem are counterfeit vaccine passes? | Ananya Bhattacharya | December 21, 2021 | Quartz
The rest is boring and predicable to explain in a general way, though often fascinating in practice.
Blake Bailey: How I Write | Noah Charney | March 20, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
The American press also displayed a predicable range of praise and savagery.
Wilde Ride | Anthony Paletta | January 3, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
A Gallup poll last week highlighted the sad but predicable racial divide in perceptions of the Martin case.
What Got George Zimmerman Charged With Second-Degree Murder | Jelani Cobb | April 12, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
predicable, pred′i-ka-bl, adj. that may be predicated or affirmed of something: attributable.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) | Various

Smell a rat also implies a general name, meaning an act or state predicable of many individuals.
Logic, Inductive and Deductive | William Minto
In whatever quantity it is contained in the Middle, in that quantity is the predicate of the Middle predicable of it.
Logic, Inductive and Deductive | William Minto
He had, therefore, to find out in "lougheth" and "siketh," actions predicable of the love-god.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol 58, No. 357, July 1845 | Various
When one thing is predicated of another, all that which is predicable of the predicate will be predicable also of the subject.
The Categories | Aristotle

British Dictionary definitions for predicable

predicable

/ (ˈprɛdɪkəbəl) /

adjective

capable of being predicated or asserted

noun

a quality, attribute, etc, that can be predicated
logic obsolete one of the five Aristotelian classes of predicates (the five heads of predicables), namely genus, species, difference, property, and relation

Origin of predicable

C16: from Latin praedicābilis, from praedicāre to assert publicly; see predicate, preach

Derived forms of predicable

predicability or predicableness, noun

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