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

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

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 14, 2022

“It’s both predicable and appropriate that the numbers would go up,” Frosh said, referring to more low-income people being released without bond and more defendants deemed dangerous or flight risks being refused bond altogether.

From Washington Post • Jul. 3, 2017

We get away with this and stay safe the vast majority of the time because airplanes are small and predicable and the sky is spacious and friendly.

From Slate • Jun. 27, 2016

Complicated disputes are popping up in both predicable and surprising places.

From Washington Times • Mar. 12, 2016

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 "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood