predicator

[ pred-i-key-ter ]

/ ˈprɛd ɪˌkeɪ tər /

noun Grammar.

the verbal element of a clause or sentence.

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Origin of predicator

1425–75 for an earlier sense; late Middle English: preacher < Latin praedicātor publicizer; see predicate, -tor

Words nearby predicator

predicate calculus, predicate nominative, predicate noun, predicate objective, predicative, predicator, predicatory, predict, predictability, predictable, prediction

British Dictionary definitions for predicator

predicator

/ (ˈprɛdɪˌkeɪtə) /

noun

(in systemic grammar) the part of a sentence or clause containing the verbal group; one of the four or five major components into which clauses can be divided, the others being subject, object, adjunct, and (in some versions of the grammar) complement

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