'Predicate' definitions:
Definition of 'predicate'
(from WordNet)
noun
(logic) what is predicated of the subject of a proposition; the second term in a proposition is predicated of the first term by means of the copula; "`Socrates is a man' predicates manhood of Socrates"
noun
One of the two main constituents of a sentence; the predicate contains the verb and its complements [syn: predicate, verb phrase]
verb
Make the (grammatical) predicate in a proposition; "The predicate `dog' is predicated of the subject `Fido' in the sentence `Fido is a dog'"
verb
Affirm or declare as an attribute or quality of; "The speech predicated the fitness of the candidate to be President" [syn: predicate, proclaim]
verb
Involve as a necessary condition of consequence; as in logic; "solving the problem is predicated on understanding it well" [syn: connote, predicate]
Definition of 'Predicate'
From: GCIDE
- Predicate \Pred"i*cate\, a. [L. praedicatus, p. p.] Predicated. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Predicate'
From: GCIDE
- Predicate \Pred"i*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Predicated; p. pr. & vb. n. Predicating.] [L. praedicatus, p. p. of praedicare to cry in public, to proclaim. See Preach.]
- 1. To assert to belong to something; to affirm (one thing of another); as, to predicate whiteness of snow. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To found; to base. [U.S.] [1913 Webster]
- Note: Predicate is sometimes used in the United States for found or base; as, to predicate an argument on certain principles; to predicate a statement on information received. Predicate is a term in logic, and used only in a single case, namely, when we affirm one thing of another. "Similitude is not predicated of essences or substances, but of figures and qualities only." --Cudworth. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Predicate'
From: GCIDE
- Predicate \Pred"i*cate\, v. i. To affirm something of another thing; to make an affirmation. --Sir M. Hale. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Predicate'
From: GCIDE
- Predicate \Pred"i*cate\, n. [L. praedicatum, neut. of praedicatus, p. p. praedicare: cf. F. pr['e]dicat. See Predicate, v. t.]
- 1. (Logic) That which is affirmed or denied of the subject. In these propositions, "Paper is white," "Ink is not white," whiteness is the predicate affirmed of paper and denied of ink. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Gram.) The word or words in a proposition which express what is affirmed of the subject. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Affirmation; declaration. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'predicate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- advance,
- affirm,
- affirmance,
- affirmation,
- allegation,
- allege,
- announce,
- announcement,
- annunciate,
- annunciation,
- appositive,
- argue,
- assert,
- assertion,
- assever,
- asseverate,
- asseveration,
- attribute,
- attributive,
- aver,
- averment,
- avouch,
- avouchment,
- avow,
- avowal,
- bottom,
- complement,
- conclusion,
- construction modifier,
- contend,
- creed,
- cutting,
- declaration,
- declare,
- deep structure,
- depose,
- dictum,
- direct object,
- enunciate,
- enunciation,
- establish,
- express,
- filler,
- form-function unit,
- found,
- function,
- ground,
- have,
- hold,
- IC analysis,
- immediate constituent analysis,
- indirect object,
- insist,
- ipse dixit,
- issue a manifesto,
- lay down,
- levels,
- maintain,
- manifesto,
- modifier,
- object,
- phrase structure,
- pose,
- posit,
- position,
- position paper,
- positive declaration,
- postulate,
- predication,
- proclaim,
- proclamation,
- profess,
- profession,
- pronounce,
- pronouncement,
- propose,
- proposition,
- propound,
- protest,
- protestation,
- put,
- put it,
- qualifier,
- ranks,
- rest,
- say,
- say-so,
- saying,
- set down,
- set forth,
- shallow structure,
- slot,
- slot and filler,
- speak,
- speak out,
- speak up,
- stance,
- stand,
- stand for,
- stand on,
- state,
- statement,
- stay,
- strata,
- structure,
- subject,
- submit,
- surface structure,
- syntactic analysis,
- syntactic structure,
- syntactics,
- syntax,
- tagmeme,
- underlying structure,
- utterance,
- vouch,
- word,
- word arrangement,
- word order